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A565 crash in Sefton on 21 June 1987 at 14:40 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A565 in Sefton at 14:40 on Sunday 21 June 1987. A 20-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 and a 26-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Jun 1987
Sunday, 14:40
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.52685, longitude -3.03222, in the L38 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ince Blundell.

Map of where the crash happened in Sefton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198705B301239
Council area
Sefton
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
565
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
5193

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 13 September 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    71 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 198705B301239 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 1987.