A565 crash in Sefton on 27 May 2016 at 09:30 involving a BMW X5
Four vehicles, including a BMW X5 and a Peugeot 307, were involved in a crash on the A565 in Sefton at 09:30 on Friday 27 May 2016. The 27-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 307 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 May 2016
- Friday, 09:30
- Vehicles
- 4
- BMW X5 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.51131, longitude -3.01233, in the L29 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Formby East, Sefton, L29 5XA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016051601782
- Council area
- Sefton
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 565
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 January 2013.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A565 in Sefton, 29 January 2013
3 m awayRef 201305BB01290
Slight
Seddon/Atkinson crash on the A565 in Sefton, 17 July 1992
5 m awayRef 199205B301507
Slight
Car crash on the A565 in Sefton, 24 April 1989
5 m awayRef 198905B300752
Serious
Car crash on the A565 in Sefton, 22 February 1986
5 m awayRef 198605B300380
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A565 in Sefton, 12 February 1992
5 m awayRef 199205B300292
Slight
Car crash on the A565 in Sefton, 5 November 1988
5 m awayRef 198805B302181
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: BMW X5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 307)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
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 2016051601782 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 2016.