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A562 crash in Liverpool on 3 December 2020 at 20:20 involving a Ford Mondeo taxi

A Ford Mondeo taxi and a Volkswagen CC were involved in a crash on the A562 in Liverpool at 20:20 on Thursday 3 December 2020. The 22-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo taxi, a 33-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen CC and a 9-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen CC were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Dec 2020
Thursday, 20:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Mondeo and Volkswagen CC
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.39266, longitude -2.93377, in the L15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Smithdown, Liverpool, L15 3HA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020052002489
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
562
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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
11%
Estimated chance it was slight
89%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 16 January 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    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
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen CC

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)

    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen CC)

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

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen CC)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2020052002489 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.