B5199 crash in Knowsley on 20 December 2014 at 18:45 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A Vauxhall Zafira and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B5199 in Knowsley at 18:45 on Saturday 20 December 2014. The 38-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Zafira, a 33-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira and a 6-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Dec 2014
- Saturday, 18:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Zafira and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.41187, longitude -2.84266, in the L36 postcode district and within the built-up area of Huyton with Roby. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Michaels, Knowsley, L36 7TZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Knowsley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014051400753
- Council area
- Knowsley
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5199
- 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
- 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 February 2016.
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B5199 in Knowsley, 25 February 2016
4 m awayRef 2016051600710
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B5199 in Knowsley, 26 March 2013
4 m awayRef 201305CC02035
Slight
Car crash on the B5199 in Knowsley, 4 March 2015
4 m awayRef 2015051500700
Slight
Car crash on the B5199 in Knowsley, 6 June 2014
4 m awayRef 201405CC03134
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B5199 in Knowsley, 4 July 2015
7 m awayRef 2015051501671
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Knowsley, 8 September 2011
7 m awayRef 201105CC05179
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2014051400753 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 2014.