A5098 crash in Sefton on 3 July 2022 at 18:15 involving a Vauxhall Mokka
A Vauxhall Mokka and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A5098 in Sefton at 18:15 on Sunday 3 July 2022. The 24-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Mokka and the 30-year-old male driver of the Audi A4 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Jul 2022
- Sunday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Mokka and Audi A4
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.45606, longitude -2.97547, in the L20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bootle. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bootle East, Sefton, L20 9EU area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022052201617
- Council area
- Sefton
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5098
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 5038
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 March 1979.
Slight
Bus crash on the A5038 in Sefton, 31 March 1979
4 m awayRef 197905J100329
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A5098 in Sefton, 2 September 2023
11 m awayRef 2023052302071
Slight
Peugeot 208 crash on the A5098 in Sefton, 31 October 2019
12 m awayRef 2019051912781
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A5098 in Sefton, 30 June 2017
13 m awayRef 2017051701576
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A5038 in Sefton, 7 February 2010
16 m awayRef 201005BB01549
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A5098 in Sefton, 17 October 2005
16 m awayRef 200505BB02063
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Mokka
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Mokka)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2022052201617 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.