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Serious unclassified road crash in Sefton PR8 on 20 April 2017 at 10:46 involving a Yamaha MT09 motorcycle

A Yamaha MT09 motorcycle and a Ford Cougar were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sefton at 10:46 on Thursday 20 April 2017. The 27-year-old male rider of the Yamaha MT09 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Apr 2017
Thursday, 10:46
Vehicles
2
Yamaha MT09 and Ford Cougar
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.62664, longitude -2.99814, in the PR8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southport. It is one of the crashes that make up the Birkdale, Sefton, PR8 4HJ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017051700962
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
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
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha MT09

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    847 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Cougar

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    2,544 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha MT09)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least 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 2017051700962 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 2017.