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A553 crash in Wirral on 8 April 1994 at 00:05 involving a Morris

A Morris crashed on the A553 in Wirral at 00:05 on Friday 8 April 1994. The 20-year-old male driver and a 20-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow and high winds on an icy one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Apr 1994
Friday, 00:05
Vehicles
1
Morris
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40026, longitude -3.16241, in the CH47 postcode district and within the built-up area of Meols.

Map of where the crash happened in Wirral

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199405G100717
Council area
Wirral
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
553
Road type
One way street or slip road
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
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 62 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 August 2020.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Morris

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,098 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Morris)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Morris)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199405G100717 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 1994.