Fatal B5178 crash in Liverpool on 27 January 2011 at 10:16 involving a Nissan Qashqai
A Nissan Qashqai and a Vauxhall Movano were involved in a crash on the B5178 in Liverpool at 10:16 on Thursday 27 January 2011. The 44-year-old female driver of the Nissan Qashqai was killed and the 44-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Movano and a 21-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Movano were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 27 Jan 2011
- Thursday, 10:16
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Qashqai and Vauxhall Movano
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 killed, 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40267, longitude -2.93794, in the L15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Old Swan West, Liverpool, L7 9PE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201105FF01391
- Council area
- Liverpool
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5178
- 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
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 June 2003.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B5178 in Liverpool, 9 June 2003
At the same spotRef 200305FT00718
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B5178 in Liverpool, 1 November 2003
14 m awayRef 200305FT01350
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B5178 in Liverpool, 28 June 2011
14 m awayRef 201105FF03949
Slight
Taxi crash on the B5178 in Liverpool, 7 January 1980
14 m awayRef 198005D200021
Slight
Audi A6 crash on the B5178 in Liverpool, 13 December 2021
15 m awayRef 2021052102884
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B5178 in Liverpool, 3 October 2020
17 m awayRef 2020052002046
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Movano
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,463 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Qashqai)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 44, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Movano)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 21, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Movano)
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 201105FF01391 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 2011.