A57 crash in Knowsley on 22 June 2017 at 11:50 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A57 in Knowsley at 11:50 on Thursday 22 June 2017. The 84-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 73-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Jun 2017
- Thursday, 11:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.42104, longitude -2.86562, 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 Page Moss, Knowsley, L14 9LL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Knowsley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017051701500
- Council area
- Knowsley
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 57
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- A
- Second road number
- 57
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 April 2022.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Knowsley, 28 April 2022
6 m awayRef 2022052201050
Serious
Van crash on the A57 in Liverpool, 10 July 1982
10 m awayRef 198205D401268
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Knowsley, 7 June 1990
13 m awayRef 199005D401056
Slight
Bus crash on the A57 in Knowsley, 1 December 1989
13 m awayRef 198905D402178
Fatal
Car crash on the A57 in Knowsley, 23 January 1981
15 m awayRef 198105K100084
Slight
Proton Proton crash on the A57 in Knowsley, 6 November 2000
20 m awayRef 2000050201528
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 84 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- 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 2017051701500 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 2017.