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M57 crash in Sefton on 2 August 2002 at 21:45 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the M57 in Sefton at 21:45 on Friday 2 August 2002. The 30-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van, a 9-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit van and a 7-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit van were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Aug 2002
Friday, 21:45
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Ford Transit
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.48597, longitude -2.93088, in the L10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aintree & Maghull South, Sefton, L10 6NH area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002050143815
Council area
Sefton
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
No

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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 October 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 9, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

    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 2002050143815 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.