B5244 crash in Sefton on 25 June 1988 at 17:30 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B5244 in Sefton at 17:30 on Saturday 25 June 1988. The 32-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 29-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 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
- 25 Jun 1988
- Saturday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.66503, longitude -2.95311, in the PR9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Sefton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198805B401243
- Council area
- Sefton
- Police force
- Merseyside
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5244
- 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, 28 metres away, was a fatal crash on 14 March 2011.
Fatal
Kawasaki ZX750 crash on the B5244 in Sefton, 14 March 2011
28 m awayRef 201105BB02160
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B5244 in Sefton, 15 August 1997
28 m awayRef 1997050167244
Serious
Car crash on the B5244 in Sefton, 21 January 2017
31 m awayRef 2017051700239
Serious
Car crash on the B5244 in Sefton, 7 July 1988
42 m awayRef 198805B401351
Slight
Bus crash on the B5244 in Sefton, 7 November 1985
42 m awayRef 198505B402432
Slight
Car crash on the B5244 in Sefton, 20 October 1989
42 m awayRef 198905B402004
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 198805B401243 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 1988.