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Serious B5178 crash in Liverpool on 6 May 2022 at 23:40

A vehicle hit a pedestrian on the B5178 in Liverpool at 23:40 on Friday 6 May 2022. A 42-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 May 2022
Friday, 23:40
Vehicles
1
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.39972, longitude -2.92551, in the L15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Smithdown, Liverpool, L15 3HA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022052201108
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5178
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
5179

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 24 February 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1

    Vehicle type not recorded

    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, hit by vehicle 1 (Vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

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 2022052201108 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 2022.