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B5201 crash in Knowsley on 29 February 1996 at 18:15 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion and a Volvo 850 were involved in a crash on the B5201 in Knowsley at 18:15 on Thursday 29 February 1996. The 28-year-old female driver of the Ford Orion was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Feb 1996
Thursday, 18:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Orion and Volvo 850
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.42644, longitude -2.78448, in the L35 postcode district and within the built-up area of Prescot.

Map of where the crash happened in Knowsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996050061576
Council area
Knowsley
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5201
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
5201

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 September 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 850

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    2,435 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

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 1996050061576 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Knowsley road accident statistics for 1996.