A5038 crash in Liverpool on 20 November 2007 at 14:40 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a Citroen Xsara were involved in a crash on the A5038 in Liverpool at 14:40 on Tuesday 20 November 2007. The 33-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and the 41-year-old female driver of the Citroen Xsara were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Nov 2007
- Tuesday, 14:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and Citroen Xsara
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.44293, longitude -2.97315, in the L4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the County, Liverpool, L4 3QG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200705EE21338
- Council area
- Liverpool
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5038
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by school crossing patrol
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 10 March 2011.
Fatal
Renault Clio crash on the A5038 in Liverpool, 10 March 2011
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Slight
Nissan Juke crash on the A5038 in Liverpool, 14 September 2016
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Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A5038 in Liverpool, 31 March 1992
45 m awayRef 199205C200445
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A5038 in Liverpool, 29 September 2000
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Slight
Minibus crash on the A5038 in Liverpool, 10 November 1989
50 m awayRef 198905C201510
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xsara)
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 200705EE21338 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 2007.