B5245 crash in Sefton on 24 December 1994 at 16:25 involving a Rover 200 Series
A Rover 200 Series, a Vauxhall Carlton and a Rover Metro were involved in a crash on the B5245 in Sefton at 16:25 on Saturday 24 December 1994. The 31-year-old female driver of the Rover 200 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Dec 1994
- Saturday, 16:25
- Vehicles
- 3
- Rover 200 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.64748, longitude -3.01051, in the PR8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southport.
Map of where the crash happened in Sefton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199405B206541
- Council area
- Sefton
- Police force
- Merseyside
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5245
- 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
- Daylight
- 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 6 November 2010.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B5245 in Sefton, 6 November 2010
10 m awayRef 201005BB06503
Slight
Car crash on the B5245 in Sefton, 7 July 1981
36 m awayRef 198105J401444
Slight
Subaru Impreza crash on the B5245 in Sefton, 31 January 2004
36 m awayRef 200405BS00133
Slight
Audi 100 crash on the B5245 in Sefton, 12 August 1995
41 m awayRef 1995050193870
Serious
Ford Puma crash on an unclassified road in Sefton, 4 May 2025
44 m awayRef 2025052500886
Slight
Car crash on the B5245 in Sefton, 27 October 1980
45 m awayRef 198005J401847
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,342 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Carlton
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Rover Metro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,118 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)
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 199405B206541 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.