Serious B5193 crash in Sefton on 25 May 2007 at 21:05 involving a Kawasaki ZX636 motorcycle
A Kawasaki ZX636 motorcycle and a Mercedes A Class were involved in a crash on the B5193 in Sefton at 21:05 on Friday 25 May 2007. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 25 May 2007
- Friday, 21:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kawasaki ZX636 and Mercedes A Class
- Casualties
- 5
- 1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.49904, longitude -3.02479, in the L23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blundellsands, Sefton, L23 2TH area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200705BB17598
- Council area
- Sefton
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5193
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 April 2001.
Slight
Toyota Celica crash on the B5193 in Sefton, 22 April 2001
At the same spotRef 2001050069425
Fatal
Mercedes C Class crash on the B5193 in Sefton, 28 August 2021
4 m awayRef 2021052101764
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the B5193 in Sefton, 30 October 2000
10 m awayRef 2000050191061
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Sefton, 13 September 1979
36 m awayRef 197905H200803
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B5193 in Sefton, 23 December 2000
57 m awayRef 2000050226286
Slight
Car crash on the B5193 in Sefton, 26 October 2025
79 m awayRef 2025052501952
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX636
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 636 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 26, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX636)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes A Class)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes A Class)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes A Class)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes A Class)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 200705BB17598 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 2007.