Serious B5194 crash in Sefton on 11 December 2023 at 20:05 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and an e-scooter were involved in a crash on the B5194 in Sefton at 20:05 on Monday 11 December 2023. The 39-year-old female rider of the e-scooter was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Dec 2023
- Monday, 20:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and e-scooter
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.48557, longitude -2.94928, in the L10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aintree. 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023052302959
- Council area
- Sefton
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5194
- Road type
- Single 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 September 1994.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B5194 in Sefton, 15 September 1994
11 m awayRef 199405B157021
Slight
Car crash on the A5027 in Sefton, 21 January 1983
11 m awayRef 198305B200135
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A59 in Sefton, 8 August 1991
11 m awayRef 199105B201654
Slight
Car crash on the B5194 in Sefton, 23 August 1997
11 m awayRef 1997050178878
Slight
Car crash on the A5027 in Sefton, 20 January 1983
13 m awayRef 198305B200120
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B5194 in Sefton, 2 August 2002
20 m awayRef 2002050144836
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
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
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: E-scooter
Personal powered transporter (e-scooter or similar)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- E-scooter
- Vehicle was an e-scooter
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousFemale, aged 39, on vehicle 2 (E-scooter)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- E-scooter
- Casualty was using an e-scooter
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 2023052302959 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 2023.