A5047 crash in Liverpool on 9 February 1996 at 17:35 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A5047 in Liverpool at 17:35 on Friday 9 February 1996. The 26-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and a 26-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Feb 1996
- Friday, 17:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Cavalier and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40808, longitude -2.94856, in the L7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1996050033234
- Council area
- Liverpool
- Police force
- Merseyside
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5047
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 5173
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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 October 1994.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A5047 in Liverpool, 14 October 1994
At the same spotRef 199405D251055
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A5047 in Liverpool, 16 March 1996
At the same spotRef 1996050064972
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A5047 in Liverpool, 8 December 1995
At the same spotRef 1995050287827
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B5173 in Liverpool, 17 July 1997
At the same spotRef 1997050153668
Serious
Lorry crash on the A5047 in Liverpool, 6 September 1995
At the same spotRef 1995050208088
Slight
Vauxhall Astravan crash on the A5047 in Liverpool, 13 November 1995
At the same spotRef 1995050265891
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,296 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 1996050033234 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 1996.