They told how Dominique went to the USA last year and went on holidays with her friends.

Amanda added: “I have never heard a bad word said against her.

“She had a heart of gold and would do anything for anyone.

“She never complained and was the most bubbly, lively girl.

“She was the best friend anyone could ever ask for.”

Dominique was travelling in a Renault Clio along the Knowsley Expressway, close to Everton FC’s Halewood training ground, when the car crashed.

Nicola Edgar, 21, of Darlington, was also killed, while two other women were seriously hurt.

Sophie Vicary, 19, of Maghull, and a 19-year-old woman from Ormskirk were freed by firefighters and taken to Whiston Hospital badly injured.

A fire crew from Speke and the Croxteth-based special rescue team admitted it was among the most horrific crashes they had dealt with.

Yesterday’s remembrance service was organised by Pauline Fielding, who set up the North West branch of Roadpeace after her 18-year-old son, Andrew, was killed in 1994.

It was attended by the Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Cllr Mike Storey, and Merseyside Police’s chief constable, Bernard Hogan-Howe.

Mrs Fielding said yesterday marked both the 12th anniversary of the death of Diana and the 140th year since the world’s first automobile death, when Mary Ward was killed in Ireland.

She said: “Families and friends left behind after crashes are never the same again, but the memories of their loved ones help them through.

“So today we are remembering all those killed and injured in road crashes, together with their families, the emergency services and all others affected or involved in the aftermath.”

Mrs Fielding added up to 1.3m people are killed on the roads each year, the equivalent of a 9/11 every day.

She said: “Much more needs to be done to change this situation.”

Roadpeace executive director Amy Aeron-Thomas added: “For the family of Dominique Williams and anyone else grieving, a road traffic accident is a personal 9/11, an individual tsunami.”

The Reverend Barry Parker, who organised the first Roadpeace services in his Huyton church, and other relatives of road crash victims, also spoke and led prayers at the ceremony, which was attended by several hundred people.