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Serious A5080 crash in Liverpool on 2 July 2002 at 22:50 involving a Land Rover Range Rover

A Land Rover Range Rover and a Volkswagen Bora were involved in a crash on the A5080 in Liverpool at 22:50 on Tuesday 2 July 2002. The 36-year-old male driver of the Land Rover Range Rover was seriously injured and the 23-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Bora was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Jul 2002
Tuesday, 22:50
Vehicles
2
Land Rover Range Rover and Volkswagen Bora
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40587, longitude -2.89649, in the L14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wavertree Garden Suburb, Liverpool, L15 6YQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002050122994
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5080
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Motorway
Second road number
62

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Involvement with previous collision

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 May 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Range Rover

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    3,950 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Bora

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Previous accident
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    2,324 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Range Rover)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Bora)

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 2002050122994 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Liverpool road accident statistics for 2002.