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Serious A565 crash in Sefton on 19 May 1979 at 16:00 involving a motorcycle

Two motorcycles were involved in a crash on the A565 in Sefton at 16:00 on Saturday 19 May 1979. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 May 1979
Saturday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and another
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47221, longitude -3.0208, in the L22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crosby.

Map of where the crash happened in Sefton

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197905H200420
Council area
Sefton
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
565
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 November 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 3: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 197905H200420 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sefton road accident statistics for 1979.