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Serious unclassified road crash in Sefton L20 on 17 August 2018 at 12:00 involving a Renault Megane

A Renault Megane and a Chrysler PT Cruiser were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sefton at 12:00 on Friday 17 August 2018. A 62-year-old female passenger in the Renault Megane was seriously injured and the 67-year-old male driver of the Chrysler PT Cruiser 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
17 Aug 2018
Friday, 12:00
Vehicles
2
Renault Megane and Chrysler PT Cruiser
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.4437, longitude -2.98196, in the L20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bootle. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kirkdale West, Liverpool, L20 7BX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sefton

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018051801928
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
Crossroads
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 February 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Megane

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Chrysler PT Cruiser

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    2,429 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Chrysler PT Cruiser)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2018051801928 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 2018.