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A561 crash in Liverpool on 27 December 2016 at 16:55 involving a Wrightbus Gemini

A Wrightbus Gemini crashed on the A561 in Liverpool at 16:55 on Tuesday 27 December 2016. All four casualties 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
27 Dec 2016
Tuesday, 16:55
Vehicles
1
Wrightbus Gemini
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.3673, longitude -2.92467, in the L17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mossley Hill, Liverpool, L19 9DG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016051604101
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
561
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
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
Estimated chance it was serious
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 August 2016.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Wrightbus Gemini

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    6,692 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Wrightbus Gemini)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Wrightbus Gemini)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Wrightbus Gemini)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Wrightbus Gemini)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

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 2016051604101 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 2016.