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A565 crash in Sefton on 21 December 2007 at 11:30 involving a Suzuki Baleno

A Suzuki Baleno and a Nissan Almera were involved in a crash on the A565 in Sefton at 11:30 on Friday 21 December 2007. The 34-year-old male driver of the Suzuki Baleno, a 43-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Almera and a 49-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Almera 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
21 Dec 2007
Friday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Suzuki Baleno and Nissan Almera
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47623, longitude -3.02288, in the L22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crosby. It is one of the crashes that make up the Waterloo, Sefton, L22 0ND area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200705BB22102
Council area
Sefton
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
Central refuge, no other controls

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
6%
Estimated chance it was slight
94%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 April 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki Baleno

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    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
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Almera

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Baleno)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Almera)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Almera)

    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 200705BB22102 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.