A567 crash in Sefton on 14 December 2011 at 09:50 involving a Ford Galaxy
A Ford Galaxy and an Alexander Dennis bus were involved in a crash on the A567 in Sefton at 09:50 on Wednesday 14 December 2011. A 20-year-old male passenger in the Alexander Dennis bus and a 20-year-old female passenger in the Alexander Dennis bus were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Dec 2011
- Wednesday, 09:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Galaxy and Alexander Dennis
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46323, longitude -2.99756, in the L21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Litherland. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bootle West, Sefton, L21 3TT area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201105BB07064
- Council area
- Sefton
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 567
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 July 2004.
Slight
Dennis crash on the A567 in Sefton, 8 July 2004
At the same spotRef 200405BS00989
Serious
Car crash on the A567 in Sefton, 10 October 1988
At the same spotRef 198805B102026
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Sefton, 5 September 1991
At the same spotRef 199105B201996
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A567 in Sefton, 2 December 2005
At the same spotRef 200505BB03476
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A567 in Sefton, 1 October 2009
10 m awayRef 200905BB01939
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A567 in Sefton, 30 August 1997
14 m awayRef 1997050177059
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Alexander Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Alexander Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Alexander Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated 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 201105BB07064 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.