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A565 crash in Sefton on 17 October 2007 at 18:00 involving a Ford KA

A Ford KA and a Ford Fusion were involved in a crash on the A565 in Sefton at 18:00 on Wednesday 17 October 2007. The 40-year-old male driver of the Ford Fusion and a 36-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fusion were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Oct 2007
Wednesday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Ford KA and Ford Fusion
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.59683, longitude -3.03637, in the PR8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southport. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ainsdale, Sefton, PR8 3JX area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200705BB20636
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
T or staggered junction
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 31 May 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford KA

    Car

    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
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fusion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,399 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fusion)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fusion)

    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 200705BB20636 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.