A59 crash in Sefton on 17 February 2019 at 16:20 involving a Peugeot 207
A Peugeot 207, a Renault Captur and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A59 in Sefton at 16:20 on Sunday 17 February 2019. The 25-year-old female driver of the Renault Captur and the 48-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Feb 2019
- Sunday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 207 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.49305, longitude -2.95336, in the L30 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Netherton South & Orrell, Sefton, L30 8RT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sefton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019051910458
- Council area
- Sefton
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 59
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 59
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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 August 2014.
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A5036 in Sefton, 21 August 2014
2 m awayRef 201405BB04192
Serious
Mercedes S Class crash on the A59 in Sefton, 5 November 2018
2 m awayRef 2018051840231
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A5758 in Sefton, 25 March 2020
5 m awayRef 2020052000802
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A5036 in Sefton, 27 May 2017
5 m awayRef 2017051701280
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A5758 in Sefton, 10 March 2022
5 m awayRef 2022052200602
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the A59 in Sefton, 23 April 2016
5 m awayRef 2016051601370
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Captur
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
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 898 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Focus
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
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Captur)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2019051910458 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 2019.