Serious A565 crash in Sefton on 23 June 2017 at 10:56 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic, a Nissan Note and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A565 in Sefton at 10:56 on Friday 23 June 2017. There were five casualties: three people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 Jun 2017
- Friday, 10:56
- Vehicles
- 3
- Honda Civic and 2 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 3 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.50747, longitude -3.00884, in the L23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crosby. It is one of the crashes that make up the Formby East, Sefton, L29 5XA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sefton
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017051701521
- 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
- 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
- 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, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 2009.
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A565 in Sefton, 22 December 2009
41 m awayRef 200905BB03600
Serious
Audi A3 crash on the A565 in Sefton, 28 August 2017
42 m awayRef 2017051702088
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A565 in Sefton, 20 May 1993
61 m awayRef 199305B304147
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A565 in Sefton, 17 December 2012
64 m awayRef 201205BB06479
Serious
Porsche Cayenne crash on an unclassified road in Sefton, 7 February 2022
76 m awayRef 2022052200312
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A565 in Sefton, 25 May 1992
77 m awayRef 199205B301089
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Note
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,386 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Note)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Note)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 5: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2017051701521 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.