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Unclassified road crash in Sefton PR9 on 14 March 1994 at 15:35 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sefton at 15:35 on Monday 14 March 1994. The 27-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort, the 42-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 26-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Mar 1994
Monday, 15:35
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.64825, longitude -2.9724, in the PR9 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
199405B214277
Council area
Sefton
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 September 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

    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 199405B214277 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.