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A580 crash in Liverpool on 31 July 2012 at 23:00 involving a BMW 1 Series

A vehicle and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the A580 in Liverpool at 23:00 on Tuesday 31 July 2012. The 28-year-old male driver of the BMW 1 Series and a 30-year-old male passenger in the BMW 1 Series were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Jul 2012
Tuesday, 23:00
Vehicles
2
Other vehicle and BMW 1 Series
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.44987, longitude -2.93777, in the L11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Walton, Liverpool, L9 7BL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201205EE04417
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
580
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, street lights lit
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 January 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)

    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 201205EE04417 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 2012.