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A580 crash in Knowsley on 19 December 2001 at 23:05 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova and a Citroen ZX were involved in a crash on the A580 in Knowsley at 23:05 on Wednesday 19 December 2001. The 31-year-old male driver of the Citroen ZX and a 32-year-old male passenger in the Citroen ZX were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Dec 2001
Wednesday, 23:05
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Nova and Citroen ZX
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46426, longitude -2.87753, in the L34 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cherryfield, Knowsley, L32 7RH area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001050001154
Council area
Knowsley
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
580
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
580

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 serious injury crash on 28 May 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen ZX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen ZX)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen ZX)

    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 2001050001154 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 2001.