Unclassified road crash in Sefton L37 on 12 December 2014 at 21:41 involving a Fiat Bravo
A Fiat Bravo, a Vauxhall Vectra and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sefton at 21:41 on Friday 12 December 2014. A 75-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Vectra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Dec 2014
- Friday, 21:41
- Vehicles
- 3
- Fiat Bravo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.55484, longitude -3.04606, in the L37 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Formby East, Sefton, L37 8RP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sefton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014051400648
- 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
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 565
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 5 July 2014.
Serious
Aprilia crash on the A565 in Sefton, 5 July 2014
1 m awayRef 201405BB03517
Slight
Volvo 360 crash on the A565 in Sefton, 25 January 1997
2 m awayRef 1997050019251
Slight
Saab 9-3 crash on the A565 in Sefton, 17 February 2024
6 m awayRef 2024052400424
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A565 in Sefton, 12 June 1996
8 m awayRef 1996050135532
Slight
Fiat Tipo crash on the B5195 in Sefton, 25 December 1993
12 m awayRef 199305B237656
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A565 in Sefton, 5 May 2007
13 m awayRef 200705BB17956
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Bravo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,368 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- 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
- 1,368 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2014051400648 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 2014.