A5036 crash in Sefton on 27 December 2023 at 13:48 involving a Mini Cooper
An agricultural vehicle and a Mini Cooper were involved in a crash on the A5036 in Sefton at 13:48 on Wednesday 27 December 2023. The 21-year-old female driver of the Mini Cooper and a 21-year-old male passenger in the Mini Cooper were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 2023
- Wednesday, 13:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- Agricultural vehicle and Mini Cooper
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.48274, longitude -2.96477, in the L30 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bootle. It is one of the crashes that make up the Netherton South & Orrell, Sefton, L30 1RY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sefton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023052303085
- Council area
- Sefton
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5036
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 17 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 November 2018.
Serious
Van crash on the A5036 in Sefton, 21 November 2018
17 m awayRef 2018051840400
Slight
Audi A5 crash on the A5036 in Sefton, 1 February 2022
18 m awayRef 2022052201212
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A5036 in Sefton, 22 December 2013
21 m awayRef 201305BB05694
Slight
Renault crash on the A5036 in Sefton, 6 March 2002
25 m awayRef 2002050044974
Slight
Lorry crash on the A5036 in Sefton, 6 March 1979
27 m awayRef 197905J200235
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A5036 in Sefton, 19 February 2025
28 m awayRef 2025052500322
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Agricultural vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Mini Cooper
Car
- 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
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Cooper)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Cooper)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2023052303085 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.