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A506 crash in Knowsley on 15 June 1997 at 13:20 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a Ford Granada were involved in a crash on the A506 in Knowsley at 13:20 on Sunday 15 June 1997. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Jun 1997
Sunday, 13:20
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and Ford Granada
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47557, longitude -2.8687, in the L33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kirkby.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997050123938
Council area
Knowsley
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
506
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 July 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,990 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Granada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Granada)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Granada)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Granada)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

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 1997050123938 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.