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A59 crash in Sefton on 26 January 2010 at 16:25 involving a Ford C-Max

A car and a Ford C-Max were involved in a crash on the A59 in Sefton at 16:25 on Tuesday 26 January 2010. A 50-year-old male passenger in the Ford C-Max and the 57-year-old female driver of the Ford C-Max were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jan 2010
Tuesday, 16:25
Vehicles
2
Car and Ford C-Max
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.52405, longitude -2.93503, in the L31 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lydiate & Maghull West, Sefton, L31 2NR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sefton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201005BB01369
Council area
Sefton
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
59
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Other
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 October 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known

  • Vehicle 2: Ford C-Max

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford C-Max)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford C-Max)

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 201005BB01369 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 2010.