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A566 crash in Liverpool on 17 December 2010 at 23:30 involving a London Taxis Int. TX4

A London Taxis Int. TX4 and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A566 in Liverpool at 23:30 on Friday 17 December 2010. The 52-year-old male driver of the London Taxis Int. TX4 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow and high winds on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Dec 2010
Friday, 23:30
Vehicles
2
London Taxis Int. TX4 and Ford Mondeo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46225, longitude -2.9629, in the L9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Walton, Liverpool, L9 2DF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201005EE07220
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
566
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 October 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: London Taxis Int. TX4

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    2,499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    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
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (London Taxis Int. TX4)

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 201005EE07220 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 2010.