A506 crash in Liverpool on 13 October 2018 at 21:30 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A506 in Liverpool at 21:30 on Saturday 13 October 2018. A 32-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Golf, an 11-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Golf and a 52-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Oct 2018
- Saturday, 21:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46898, longitude -2.93199, in the L9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fazakerley East, Liverpool, L10 7NL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018051802434
- Council area
- Liverpool
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 506
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- 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
- 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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 18 May 2005.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A506 in Liverpool, 18 May 2005
1 m awayRef 200505ET01085
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Liverpool, 16 September 1999
1 m awayRef 1999050189832
Slight
Rover crash on the A5056 in Liverpool, 3 October 1991
1 m awayRef 199105C101448
Slight
Rover 100 Series crash on the A506 in Liverpool, 21 November 1997
1 m awayRef 1997050241931
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in Liverpool, 23 June 2003
1 m awayRef 200305ET01479
Slight
Bus crash on an unclassified road in Liverpool, 28 October 1985
1 m awayRef 198505C101582
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2018051802434 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 2018.