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A565 crash in Sefton on 13 July 2003 at 15:10 involving a BMW 3 Series

A car and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A565 in Sefton at 15:10 on Sunday 13 July 2003. The 54-year-old male driver of the car and a 61-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Jul 2003
Sunday, 15:10
Vehicles
2
Car and BMW 3 Series
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.67012, longitude -2.95749, in the PR9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southport. It is one of the crashes that make up the Meols, Sefton, PR9 8NW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sefton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200305BS01044
Council area
Sefton
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
No

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
Other 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 3 May 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    2,494 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    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 200305BS01044 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.