A57 crash in Knowsley on 4 December 2009 at 12:05 involving a Citroen Xsara
A Citroen Xsara and a van were involved in a crash on the A57 in Knowsley at 12:05 on Friday 4 December 2009. The 44-year-old male driver of the van and a 15-year-old male passenger in the van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Dec 2009
- Friday, 12:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Xsara and van
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.42222, longitude -2.86132, 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 Page Moss, Knowsley, L14 9LL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Knowsley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200905CC03221
- Council area
- Knowsley
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 57
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- 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
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 July 2016.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Knowsley, 1 July 2016
8 m awayRef 2016051602328
Serious
Ford Orion crash on the A57 in Knowsley, 8 March 1990, ref 199005D400453
14 m awayRef 199005D400453
Serious
Ford Orion crash on the A57 in Knowsley, 8 March 1990, ref 199005D400457
14 m awayRef 199005D400457
Slight
Volkswagen T-Roc crash on the A57 in Knowsley, 24 February 2020
19 m awayRef 2020052000604
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A57 in Knowsley, 15 October 2025
21 m awayRef 2025052501893
Slight
Honda H100S crash on the A57 in Knowsley, 10 April 1992
22 m awayRef 199205D400704
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 15, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)
- 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 200905CC03221 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 2009.