M57 crash in Knowsley on 5 December 2010 at 11:08 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the M57 in Knowsley at 11:08 on Sunday 5 December 2010. The 57-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo and a 34-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Polo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on an icy slip road with a 70 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Dec 2010
- Sunday, 11:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.43476, longitude -2.85495, in the L36 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stockbridge, Knowsley, L28 5RD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201005CC07002
- Council area
- Knowsley
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 57
- Road type
- Slip road
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Other
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
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, 50 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 October 1994.
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the M57 in Knowsley, 7 October 1994
50 m awayRef 199405D445154
Slight
Car crash on the M57 in Knowsley, 22 July 1992
50 m awayRef 199205D401522
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M57 in Knowsley, 11 April 1997
50 m awayRef 1997050079246
Slight
Seddon/Atkinson crash on the M57 in Knowsley, 22 November 1995
50 m awayRef 1995050272852
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the M57 in Knowsley, 19 September 2010
51 m awayRef 201005CC05345
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the M57 in Knowsley, 4 December 2010
54 m awayRef 201005CC06945
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
- 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 201005CC07002 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.