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A562 crash in Knowsley on 18 November 2025 at 18:39 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Peugeot 208 were involved in a crash on the A562 in Knowsley at 18:39 on Tuesday 18 November 2025. The 18-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 208 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet slip road with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Nov 2025
Tuesday, 18:39
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Peugeot 208
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.35732, longitude -2.80361, in the L26 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ditton, Hale Village & Halebank, Halton, WA8 8NT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Knowsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025052502115
Council area
Knowsley
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
562
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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 23 May 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 208

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 208)

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 2025052502115 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Knowsley road accident statistics for 2025.