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Serious A506 crash in Knowsley on 21 December 2007 at 23:48 involving a Subaru Impreza

A Subaru Impreza, a Ford Focus and a car were involved in a crash on the A506 in Knowsley at 23:48 on Friday 21 December 2007. The 37-year-old male driver of the Subaru Impreza was seriously injured and the 33-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus and a 33-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Dec 2007
Friday, 23:48
Vehicles
3
Subaru Impreza and 2 others
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47326, longitude -2.90032, in the L32 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whitefield, Knowsley, L32 4TA area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200705CC22077
Council area
Knowsley
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
506
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
57

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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 December 2000.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Subaru Impreza

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Subaru Impreza)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

    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 200705CC22077 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.