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Serious unclassified road crash in Sefton L30 on 15 May 2017 at 11:12 involving a Skoda Superb taxi

A Skoda Superb taxi hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Sefton at 11:12 on Monday 15 May 2017. A 27-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 May 2017
Monday, 11:12
Vehicles
1
Skoda Superb
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47883, longitude -2.96453, in the L30 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bootle. It is one of the crashes that make up the Netherton South & Orrell, Sefton, L30 1RY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sefton

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017051701184
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
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
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 November 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Superb

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, hit by vehicle 1 (Skoda Superb)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2017051701184 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.