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A5300 crash in Knowsley on 7 July 2010 at 08:40 involving a Mercedes SLK Class

A Mercedes SLK Class and a Hyundai Lantra were involved in a crash on the A5300 in Knowsley at 08:40 on Wednesday 7 July 2010. The 40-year-old male driver of the Hyundai Lantra was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Jul 2010
Wednesday, 08:40
Vehicles
2
Mercedes SLK Class and Hyundai Lantra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.35935, longitude -2.78868, in the WA8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ditton, Hale Village & Halebank, Halton, WA8 8FW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Knowsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201005CC05477
Council area
Knowsley
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5300
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

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
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 March 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes SLK Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Hyundai Lantra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Lantra)

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 201005CC05477 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 2010.