A59 crash in Sefton on 20 December 2013 at 08:51 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Combo van were involved in a crash on the A59 in Sefton at 08:51 on Friday 20 December 2013. The 20-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Dec 2013
- Friday, 08:51
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Combo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47404, longitude -2.95545, in the L9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Netherton South & Orrell, Sefton, L30 1RY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sefton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201305BB05672
- Council area
- Sefton
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- 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
- 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 August 2006.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A59 in Sefton, 17 August 2006
5 m awayRef 200605BB10709
Slight
Van crash on the A59 in Liverpool, 26 January 1984
19 m awayRef 198405C100140
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the A59 in Sefton, 29 January 1993
28 m awayRef 199305B205429
Slight
Toyota Celica crash on the A59 in Sefton, 10 December 1991
37 m awayRef 199105B202621
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A59 in Sefton, 19 August 1990
47 m awayRef 199005B201720
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A59 in Sefton, 6 December 1992
47 m awayRef 199205B202601
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Combo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 201305BB05672 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 2013.