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A506 crash in Sefton on 12 July 1997 at 10:10 involving an MG Metro

An MG Metro and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the A506 in Sefton at 10:10 on Saturday 12 July 1997. All five casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Jul 1997
Saturday, 10:10
Vehicles
2
MG Metro and Rover 200 Series
Casualties
5
5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.504, longitude -2.9011, in the L31 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Sefton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997050142780
Council area
Sefton
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
506
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
506

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 October 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: MG Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG Metro)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1997050142780 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 1997.