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A5049 crash in Liverpool on 31 December 2008 at 14:18 involving a Scania bus

A car and a Scania bus were involved in a crash on the A5049 in Liverpool at 14:18 on Wednesday 31 December 2008. A 52-year-old female passenger in the Scania bus, a 71-year-old male passenger in the Scania bus and the 44-year-old male driver of the Scania bus were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Dec 2008
Wednesday, 14:18
Vehicles
2
Car and Scania
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.42409, longitude -2.93465, in the L13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kensington & Fairfield, Liverpool, L6 7UQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200805EE29951
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5049
Road type
Dual 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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
7%
Estimated chance it was slight
93%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 May 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Scania

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 52, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Scania)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 71, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Scania)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Scania)

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 200805EE29951 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 2008.