Skip to main content
CrashStats

Unclassified road crash in Sefton PR8 on 30 December 2000 at 13:05 involving a Vauxhall Carlton

A Vauxhall Carlton and a Toyota Previa were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sefton at 13:05 on Saturday 30 December 2000. All five casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Dec 2000
Saturday, 13:05
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Carlton and Toyota Previa
Casualties
5
5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.62776, longitude -2.98193, in the PR8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southport.

Map of where the crash happened in Sefton

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000050006675
Council area
Sefton
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 October 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Carlton

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Previa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    2,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Previa)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Previa)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Previa)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Previa)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Previa)

    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 2000050006675 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 2000.