A5053 crash in Liverpool on 30 August 2013 at 18:47 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Vauxhall Insignia were involved in a crash on the A5053 in Liverpool at 18:47 on Friday 30 August 2013. The 24-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra, the 38-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Insignia and a 23-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Insignia were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Aug 2013
- Friday, 18:47
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Vauxhall Insignia
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.41236, longitude -2.99353, in the L3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the City Centre North, Liverpool, L3 9LQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201305EE04158
- Council area
- Liverpool
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5053
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 5182
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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 20 August 2013.
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A5053 in Liverpool, 20 August 2013
At the same spotRef 201305EE03973
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B5182 in Liverpool, 25 June 1997
2 m awayRef 1997050132611
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A5053 in Liverpool, 3 January 2014
2 m awayRef 201405EE01042
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A5053 in Liverpool, 22 September 1980
2 m awayRef 198005A100720
Slight
Freight Rover Sherpa crash on the A5053 in Liverpool, 7 October 1997
2 m awayRef 1997050211996
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A5053 in Liverpool, 1 October 1995
2 m awayRef 1995050225903
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Insignia)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- 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 201305EE04158 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 2013.