Skip to main content
CrashStats

A59 crash in Liverpool on 25 December 2019 at 18:30 involving a Ford Mondeo taxi

A Ford Mondeo taxi and a Citroen C4 were involved in a crash on the A59 in Liverpool at 18:30 on Wednesday 25 December 2019. A 66-year-old female passenger in the Ford Mondeo taxi and a 29-year-old male passenger in the Citroen C4 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Dec 2019
Wednesday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Mondeo and Citroen C4
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.44648, longitude -2.96766, in the L4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the County, Liverpool, L4 3QG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019051913330
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
59
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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
Estimated chance it was serious
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 March 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen C4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 66, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C4)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2019051913330 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 2019.