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A57 crash in Liverpool on 31 July 2002 at 00:10 involving a Rover 600 Series taxi

A Rover 600 Series taxi and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A57 in Liverpool at 00:10 on Wednesday 31 July 2002. The 32-year-old male driver of the Rover 600 Series taxi was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Jul 2002
Wednesday, 00:10
Vehicles
2
Rover 600 Series and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.415, longitude -2.92542, in the L13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Old Swan West, Liverpool, L13 3AS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002050147638
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
57
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 October 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 600 Series

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 600 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 2002050147638 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.