Unclassified road crash in Sefton L38 on 6 August 1987 at 20:35 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sefton at 20:35 on Thursday 6 August 1987. All four casualties were 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
- 6 Aug 1987
- Thursday, 20:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.52356, longitude -3.05839, in the L38 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198705B301586
- Council area
- Sefton
- Police force
- Merseyside
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 June 1998.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Sefton, 8 June 1998
22 m awayRef 1998050117241
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on an unclassified road in Sefton, 17 August 2015
56 m awayRef 2015051502001
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Sefton, 7 January 2025
74 m awayRef 2025052500035
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Sefton, 24 August 2023
142 m awayRef 2023052301992
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Sefton, 15 March 1986
172 m awayRef 198605B300544
Serious
Nissan Sunny crash on an unclassified road in Sefton, 21 June 1992
173 m awayRef 199205B301296
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 11, 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 198705B301586 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.