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Fatal A57 crash in Liverpool on 25 December 2017 at 04:35 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the A57 in Liverpool at 04:35 on Monday 25 December 2017. A 34-year-old male passenger in the BMW 1 Series was killed and the 23-year-old male driver of the BMW 1 Series was seriously 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
Fatal
Date
25 Dec 2017
Monday, 04:35
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and BMW 1 Series
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.41504, longitude -2.91798, in the L13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Old Swan East, Liverpool, L13 5SA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017051703214
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
57
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
Give way or uncontrolled
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 July 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    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
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    2,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Bus stop or bus shelter
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)

    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat 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 2017051703214 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 2017.