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C road crash in Sefton PR8 on 26 February 2003 at 15:00 involving a Sym Megalo motorcycle

A car and a Sym Megalo motorcycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Sefton at 15:00 on Wednesday 26 February 2003. The 21-year-old male rider of the Sym Megalo motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Feb 2003
Wednesday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Car and Sym Megalo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.64629, longitude -3.01277, in the PR8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southport. It is one of the crashes that make up the Duke's, Sefton, PR8 1BH area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200305BS00301
Council area
Sefton
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single 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
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Sym Megalo

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Sym Megalo)

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 200305BS00301 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 2003.