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Fatal A565 crash in Sefton on 12 March 2000 at 21:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra crashed on the A565 in Sefton at 21:30 on Sunday 12 March 2000. An 18-year-old male passenger was killed and a 19-year-old male passenger and an 18-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
12 Mar 2000
Sunday, 21:30
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
3
1 killed, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.67507, longitude -2.94579, 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
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000050047375
Council area
Sefton
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
565
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 27 December 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    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 2000050047375 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.