B5202 crash in Knowsley on 27 February 2007 at 08:50 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A Vauxhall Zafira and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the B5202 in Knowsley at 08:50 on Tuesday 27 February 2007. A 5-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira and the 56-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Feb 2007
- Tuesday, 08:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Zafira and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.45823, longitude -2.85286, in the L34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Knowsley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Prescot North, Knowsley, L34 9HQ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200705CC15568
- Council area
- Knowsley
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5202
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Oil or diesel
- Carriageway hazards
- Oil or diesel
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 April 1997.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B5202 in Knowsley, 26 April 1997
30 m awayRef 1997050086968
Slight
Benelli Tornado crash on an unclassified road in Knowsley, 13 October 2025
35 m awayRef 2025052501879
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B5202 in Knowsley, 29 July 1979
36 m awayRef 197905K100595
Slight
Aprilia crash on the B5202 in Knowsley, 12 May 2011
41 m awayRef 201105CC03159
Serious
Car crash on the B5194 in Knowsley, 11 June 1986
41 m awayRef 198605C300902
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B5202 in Knowsley, 8 November 2002
41 m awayRef 200205CH00144
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,196 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 200705CC15568 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 2007.