B5178 crash in Liverpool on 3 January 2020 at 11:25 involving a Toyota Yaris
A Toyota Yaris and a London Taxis Int. Txii were involved in a crash on the B5178 in Liverpool at 11:25 on Friday 3 January 2020. The 60-year-old male driver of the London Taxis Int. Txii and a 65-year-old female passenger in the London Taxis Int. Txii were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Jan 2020
- Friday, 11:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Yaris and London Taxis Int. Txii
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.39389, longitude -2.86232, in the L25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Belle Vale, Liverpool, L25 2PW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020052000025
- Council area
- Liverpool
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5178
- Road type
- Dual 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
- 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 31 January 2022.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B5178 in Liverpool, 31 January 2022
1 m awayRef 2022052200327
Serious
Dacia Jogger crash on the B5178 in Liverpool, 21 October 2023
1 m awayRef 2023052302523
Slight
Vauxhall Cascada crash on the B5178 in Liverpool, 29 May 2025
1 m awayRef 2025052501073
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B5178 in Liverpool, 11 September 2021
1 m awayRef 2021052102294
Slight
Minibus crash on the B5178 in Liverpool, 15 June 2023
2 m awayRef 2023052301462
Slight
Mercedes B Class crash on the B5178 in Liverpool, 30 October 2020
2 m awayRef 2020052002223
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: London Taxis Int. Txii
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (London Taxis Int. Txii)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 65, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (London Taxis Int. Txii)
- 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 2020052000025 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 2020.