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A5036 crash in Sefton on 29 December 2005 at 19:20 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A5036 in Sefton at 19:20 on Thursday 29 December 2005. A 4-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus and the 25-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on a dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Dec 2005
Thursday, 19:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Ford Focus
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47641, longitude -2.98009, in the L21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ford, Sefton, L21 0DB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sefton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200505BB04425
Council area
Sefton
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5036
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
5038

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 July 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,388 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

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 200505BB04425 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 2005.