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A506 crash in Knowsley on 24 December 1997 at 19:20 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Rover Metro were involved in a crash on the A506 in Knowsley at 19:20 on Wednesday 24 December 1997. The 55-year-old male driver of the Rover Metro and a 40-year-old female passenger in the Rover Metro were slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 1997
Wednesday, 19:20
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Rover Metro
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46991, longitude -2.91604, in the L10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool.

Map of where the crash happened in Knowsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997050007215
Council area
Knowsley
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
506
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 25 January 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Metro)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Metro)

    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 1997050007215 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 1997.