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Unclassified road crash in Liverpool L24 on 13 September 2002 at 22:50 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Transit minibus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Liverpool at 22:50 on Friday 13 September 2002. A 24-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit minibus, the 35-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit minibus and a 45-year-old female passenger in the Ford Transit minibus were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Sep 2002
Friday, 22:50
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Ford Transit
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.343, longitude -2.82608, in the L24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Speke, Liverpool, L24 2TW area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002050172325
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 31 May 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, minibus occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, minibus occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 45, minibus occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

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 2002050172325 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.