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M62 crash in Knowsley on 12 December 2002 at 18:03 involving a Land Rover Discovery

A Land Rover Discovery and a car were involved in a crash on the M62 in Knowsley at 18:03 on Thursday 12 December 2002. A 21-year-old female passenger in the car and the 52-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Dec 2002
Thursday, 18:03
Vehicles
2
Land Rover Discovery and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40084, longitude -2.846, in the L36 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Belle Vale, Liverpool, L27 0YE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Knowsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200205DH00319
Council area
Knowsley
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
62
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
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 April 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    2,487 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    52 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 200205DH00319 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 2002.