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Unclassified road crash in Knowsley L36 on 22 December 2004 at 17:45 involving a Ford KA

A Ford KA, a Vauxhall Astra and a Volvo 850 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Knowsley at 17:45 on Wednesday 22 December 2004. The 38-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra, the 62-year-old male driver of the Volvo 850 and a 38-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Dec 2004
Wednesday, 17:45
Vehicles
3
Ford KA and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40919, longitude -2.83458, in the L36 postcode district and within the built-up area of Huyton with Roby. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Gabriels, Knowsley, L36 5UX area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200405CH01163
Council area
Knowsley
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
Crossroads
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
11%
Estimated chance it was slight
89%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 4 March 1988.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford KA

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volvo 850

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    2,435 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volvo 850)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat 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 200405CH01163 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 2004.