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A5038 crash in Sefton on 20 February 2002 at 12:20 involving a Volvo lorry

A Volvo lorry and a Nissan Cherry were involved in a crash on the A5038 in Sefton at 12:20 on Wednesday 20 February 2002. The 39-year-old female driver of the Nissan Cherry and a 63-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Cherry were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Feb 2002
Wednesday, 12:20
Vehicles
2
Volvo and Nissan Cherry
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.45586, longitude -2.9754, in the L20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bootle. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bootle East, Sefton, L20 9EU area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002050036712
Council area
Sefton
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5038
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 July 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    5,480 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Cherry

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,270 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Cherry)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Cherry)

    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 2002050036712 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 2002.