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Serious A566 crash in Sefton on 27 December 1994 at 05:55 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta hit seven pedestrians on the A566 in Sefton at 05:55 on Tuesday 27 December 1994. There were seven casualties: six people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured. Seven of them were pedestrians.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Dec 1994
Tuesday, 05:55
Vehicles
1
Ford Fiesta
Casualties
7
6 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46094, longitude -2.98122, in the L20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bootle.

Map of where the crash happened in Sefton

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199405B103685
Council area
Sefton
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
566
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 May 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,119 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (7)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

  • Casualty 4: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 24, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

  • Casualty 5: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

  • Casualty 6: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

  • Casualty 7: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 199405B103685 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 1994.