A59 crash in Sefton on 14 June 2015 at 10:55 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the A59 in Sefton at 10:55 on Sunday 14 June 2015. The 28-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Zafira and a 53-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Jun 2015
- Sunday, 10:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.49266, longitude -2.9512, in the L10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Netherton South & Orrell, Sefton, L30 8RT area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015051501514
- 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
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Motorway
- Second road number
- 57
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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 18 June 2018.
Slight
Lexus CT 200 crash on the A5036 in Sefton, 18 June 2018
1 m awayRef 2018051801378
Slight
Mercedes B Class crash on the M57 in Sefton, 1 July 2018
2 m awayRef 2018051801506
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A59 in Sefton, 24 December 2020
3 m awayRef 2020052002676
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A59 in Sefton, 14 December 2014
4 m awayRef 2014051400659
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the A5758 in Sefton, 20 May 2018
4 m awayRef 2018051801128
Slight
Taxi crash on the A5036 in Sefton, 7 February 2020
6 m awayRef 2020052000429
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- 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 2015051501514 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 2015.