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A562 crash in Liverpool on 5 March 2003 at 15:50 involving a DAF Trucks bus

A DAF Trucks bus, a Vauxhall Corsa and a car were involved in a crash on the A562 in Liverpool at 15:50 on Wednesday 5 March 2003. A 35-year-old female passenger in the DAF Trucks bus, a 3-year-old male passenger in the DAF Trucks bus and a 29-year-old female passenger in the DAF Trucks bus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Mar 2003
Wednesday, 15:50
Vehicles
3
DAF Trucks and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.38983, longitude -2.92547, in the L15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Smithdown, Liverpool, L15 3HA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200305FT00258
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
562
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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
Daylight
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 23 December 1988.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (DAF Trucks)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 3, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (DAF Trucks)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (DAF Trucks)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 200305FT00258 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 2003.