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Serious unclassified road crash in Sefton L20 on 2 September 2011 at 17:41 involving a Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle

A Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Sefton at 17:41 on Friday 2 September 2011. The 22-year-old male rider was seriously injured and a 2-year-old male pedestrian was 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
Serious
Date
2 Sep 2011
Friday, 17:41
Vehicles
1
Suzuki SV 650
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.45207, longitude -2.98751, in the L20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bootle. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bootle West, Sefton, L20 7HS area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201105BB05096
Council area
Sefton
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
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
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 May 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki SV 650

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    645 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki SV 650)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 2, hit by vehicle 1 (Suzuki SV 650)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 201105BB05096 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 2011.