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A561 crash in Liverpool on 16 October 2018 at 19:32 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and an Audi Q2 were involved in a crash on the A561 in Liverpool at 19:32 on Tuesday 16 October 2018. The 21-year-old female driver of the Audi Q2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Oct 2018
Tuesday, 19:32
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Audi Q2
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.38709, longitude -2.94787, in the L8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Arundel, Liverpool, L17 3BY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018051840337
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
5089

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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 November 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Audi Q2

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi Q2)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2018051840337 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.