Unclassified road crash in Sefton PR8 on 31 December 2012 at 14:12 involving a Mazda 3
A Mazda 3, a Toyota Aygo and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sefton at 14:12 on Monday 31 December 2012. The 48-year-old female driver of the Toyota Aygo and a 20-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Aygo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2012
- Monday, 14:12
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mazda 3 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.62843, longitude -3.04092, in the PR8 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201205BB06657
- 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
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 December 2008.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Sefton, 26 December 2008
22 m awayRef 200805BB30157
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Sefton, 14 January 1984
67 m awayRef 198405B400090
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Sefton, 29 October 1981
67 m awayRef 198105B402338
Slight
Minibus crash on an unclassified road in Sefton, 21 December 1981
92 m awayRef 198105B402808
Fatal
Nissan Sunny crash on a C road in Sefton, 21 September 2003
125 m awayRef 200305BS01412
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Sefton, 5 May 2001
125 m awayRef 2001050077812
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 80 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Aygo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Aygo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Aygo)
- 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 201205BB06657 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 2012.