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Serious A554 crash in Wirral on 17 April 1992 at 00:15 involving a Hyundai Pony

A Hyundai Pony and a car were involved in a crash on the A554 in Wirral at 00:15 on Friday 17 April 1992. The 63-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured and the 26-year-old male driver of the Hyundai Pony was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Apr 1992
Friday, 00:15
Vehicles
2
Hyundai Pony and car
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.42722, longitude -3.03583, in the CH45 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wallasey.

Map of where the crash happened in Wirral

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199205G100766
Council area
Wirral
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
554
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 November 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai Pony

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Pony)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 199205G100766 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wirral road accident statistics for 1992.