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A561 crash in Liverpool on 31 October 2018 at 12:30 involving a Mercedes CLS Class

A Mercedes CLS Class and a Vauxhall Insignia were involved in a crash on the A561 in Liverpool at 12:30 on Wednesday 31 October 2018. A 26-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Insignia was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Oct 2018
Wednesday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
Mercedes CLS Class and Vauxhall Insignia
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40086, longitude -2.98623, in the L1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the City Centre South, Liverpool, L1 8DN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018051840216
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
561
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 March 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes CLS Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Left-hand drive
    Yes
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia

    Car

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Left-hand drive
    Yes
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,956 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Insignia)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least 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 2018051840216 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.