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B5421 crash in Sefton on 20 March 2008 at 09:45 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a car were involved in a crash on the B5421 in Sefton at 09:45 on Thursday 20 March 2008. The 23-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus and a 28-year-old male passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Mar 2008
Thursday, 09:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46691, longitude -3.00835, in the L21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crosby. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bootle West, Sefton, L21 3TT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sefton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200805BB23989
Council area
Sefton
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5421
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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 5 November 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    Yes
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    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 200805BB23989 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 2008.