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A5300 crash in Knowsley on 8 November 2001 at 08:09 involving a Fiat Tipo

A Fiat Tipo, a Fiat Tempra and a car were involved in a crash on the A5300 in Knowsley at 08:09 on Thursday 8 November 2001. The 41-year-old male driver of the Fiat Tempra and a 31-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Tempra were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Nov 2001
Thursday, 08:09
Vehicles
3
Fiat Tipo and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.36194, longitude -2.79008, in the WA8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ditton, Hale Village & Halebank, Halton, WA8 8FW area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001050198962
Council area
Knowsley
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5300
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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 with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 June 2012.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Tipo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,372 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Tempra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,929 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Tempra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Tempra)

    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 2001050198962 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.