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Fatal A540 crash in Wirral on 28 January 1992 at 20:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort hit a pedestrian on the A540 in Wirral at 20:30 on Tuesday 28 January 1992. A 77-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
28 Jan 1992
Tuesday, 20:30
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.31721, longitude -3.07474, in the CH60 postcode district and within the built-up area of Heswall.

Map of where the crash happened in Wirral

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199205G400184
Council area
Wirral
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
540
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 June 2013.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 77, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199205G400184 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.