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A5047 crash in Sefton on 1 December 2025 at 08:05 involving an Audi A5

An Audi A5 hit a pedestrian on the A5047 in Sefton at 08:05 on Monday 1 December 2025. A 12-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Dec 2025
Monday, 08:05
Vehicles
1
Audi A5
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.49942, longitude -3.00424, in the L23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crosby. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thornton & Hightown, Sefton, L23 4TQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sefton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025052502222
Council area
Sefton
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5047
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
7%
Estimated chance it was slight
93%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 12 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 October 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi A5

    Car

    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Audi A5)

    Pedestrian location
    On refuge, central island or central reservation
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

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 2025052502222 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 2025.