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Unclassified road crash in Sefton PR9 on 6 May 2022 at 08:00 involving a Volvo S40

A Volvo S40 and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sefton at 08:00 on Friday 6 May 2022. The 28-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Passat was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 May 2022
Friday, 08:00
Vehicles
2
Volvo S40 and Volkswagen Passat
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.67216, longitude -2.9608, in the PR9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southport. It is one of the crashes that make up the Meols, Sefton, PR9 8NW area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022052201102
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
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo S40

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    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
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2022052201102 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 2022.