A561 crash in Liverpool on 13 March 2022 at 09:45 involving a Ford Tourneo minibus
A Ford Tourneo minibus and a Kia Niro taxi were involved in a crash on the A561 in Liverpool at 09:45 on Sunday 13 March 2022. The 35-year-old male driver of the Kia Niro taxi was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Mar 2022
- Sunday, 09:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Tourneo and Kia Niro
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40082, longitude -2.98626, in the L1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the City Centre South, Liverpool, L1 8DN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022052200725
- Council area
- Liverpool
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 561
- 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
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 October 2018.
Slight
Mercedes CLS Class crash on the A561 in Liverpool, 31 October 2018
4 m awayRef 2018051840216
Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the A5040 in Liverpool, 12 February 2022
6 m awayRef 2022052200352
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A561 in Liverpool, 20 October 1999
9 m awayRef 1999050207804
Slight
Honda crash on the A561 in Liverpool, 24 February 1999
9 m awayRef 1999050043830
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A561 in Liverpool, 23 September 1997
14 m awayRef 1997050198512
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A561 in Liverpool, 5 September 2009
14 m awayRef 200905EE01437
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Tourneo
Minibus (8 to 16 seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Kia Niro
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Niro)
- 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 2022052200725 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 2022.