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Serious A5058 crash in Liverpool on 27 August 2023 at 10:20 involving a Hyosung GT 125 motorcycle

A Hyosung GT 125 motorcycle and a Volkswagen UP were involved in a crash on the A5058 in Liverpool at 10:20 on Sunday 27 August 2023. The 40-year-old male rider of the Hyosung GT 125 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Aug 2023
Sunday, 10:20
Vehicles
2
Hyosung GT 125 and Volkswagen UP
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.4217, longitude -2.91204, in the L13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Broadgreen, Liverpool, L12 2AY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2023052302016
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 24 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 April 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyosung GT 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen UP

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Hyosung GT 125)

    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 2023052302016 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 2023.