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A580 crash in Knowsley on 26 April 2014 at 18:35 involving a Vauxhall Zafira

A car and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the A580 in Knowsley at 18:35 on Saturday 26 April 2014. The male driver of the car and the 67-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Zafira were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Apr 2014
Saturday, 18:35
Vehicles
2
Car and Vauxhall Zafira
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46443, longitude -2.87742, in the L34 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cherryfield, Knowsley, L32 7RH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Knowsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201405CC02631
Council area
Knowsley
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
580
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
5207

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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
6%
Estimated chance it was slight
94%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 July 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)

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 201405CC02631 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.