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M57 crash in Sefton on 3 January 1996 at 17:10 involving a Ford Escort van

A Ford Escort van and a Fiat Fiorino van were involved in a crash on the M57 in Sefton at 17:10 on Wednesday 3 January 1996. A 36-year-old male passenger in the Fiat Fiorino van, a 36-year-old male passenger in the Fiat Fiorino van and the 36-year-old male driver of the Fiat Fiorino van were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Jan 1996
Wednesday, 17:10
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Fiat Fiorino
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.48499, longitude -2.92978, in the L10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Sefton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996050006061
Council area
Sefton
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
57
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 May 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Fiorino

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,697 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Fiorino)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Fiorino)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Fiorino)

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 1996050006061 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 1996.