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B5280 crash in Sefton on 27 July 2006 at 12:35 involving an Optare bus

An Optare bus and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B5280 in Sefton at 12:35 on Thursday 27 July 2006. The 56-year-old male driver of the Optare bus, a 52-year-old male passenger in the Optare bus and a 77-year-old male passenger in the Optare bus were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Jul 2006
Thursday, 12:35
Vehicles
2
Optare and bicycle
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.65302, longitude -2.99341, in the PR9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southport. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cambridge, Sefton, PR9 9BF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sefton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200605BB10309
Council area
Sefton
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5280
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 49 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 August 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Optare

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    4,250 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    82 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Optare)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Optare)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 77, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Optare)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 200605BB10309 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 2006.