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A5058 crash in Liverpool on 7 August 2020 at 00:30 involving a Volkswagen Touran taxi

A Volkswagen Touran taxi and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A5058 in Liverpool at 00:30 on Friday 7 August 2020. The 30-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Aug 2020
Friday, 00:30
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Touran and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.42633, longitude -2.91718, in the L13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stoneycroft, Liverpool, L13 0BQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020052001639
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5058
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
17%
Estimated chance it was slight
83%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 October 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Touran

    Taxi or private hire car

    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2020052001639 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Liverpool road accident statistics for 2020.