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A5080 crash in Liverpool on 21 November 2020 at 18:20 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Mercedes A Class were involved in a crash on the A5080 in Liverpool at 18:20 on Saturday 21 November 2020. The 29-year-old female driver of the Mercedes A Class and a 28-year-old male passenger in the Mercedes A Class 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 T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Nov 2020
Saturday, 18:20
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Mercedes A Class
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40999, longitude -2.91751, in the L13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Old Swan East, Liverpool, L13 5SA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020052002394
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5080
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
A
Second road number
5047

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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 July 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes A Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,332 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes A Class)

    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes A Class)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 2020052002394 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.