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Serious A565 crash in Sefton on 23 April 2017 at 14:20 involving a Honda MSX125 motorcycle

A Honda MSX125 motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A565 in Sefton at 14:20 on Sunday 23 April 2017. A 65-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured and the 53-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Apr 2017
Sunday, 14:20
Vehicles
1
Honda MSX125
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.59696, longitude -3.03636, in the PR8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southport. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ainsdale, Sefton, PR8 3JX area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017051700988
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 February 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda MSX125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 65, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda MSX125)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda MSX125)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2017051700988 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.