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A5147 crash in Sefton on 20 December 2008 at 18:20 involving a Citroen C3

A Citroen C3 and a car were involved in a crash on the A5147 in Sefton at 18:20 on Saturday 20 December 2008. The 55-year-old male driver of the Citroen C3 and a 54-year-old female passenger in the Citroen C3 were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 2008
Saturday, 18:20
Vehicles
2
Citroen C3 and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.51274, longitude -2.94459, in the L31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Maghull. It is one of the crashes that make up the Maghull East, Sefton, L31 6FB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sefton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200805BB29839
Council area
Sefton
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5147
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
5422

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Road surface
Dry

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 serious injury crash on 27 August 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen C3

    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
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C3)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C3)

    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 200805BB29839 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.