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Fatal B5139 crash in Wirral on 17 January 1994 at 15:00 involving a Volkswagen Scirocco

A Volkswagen Scirocco hit a pedestrian on the B5139 in Wirral at 15:00 on Monday 17 January 1994. An 82-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
17 Jan 1994
Monday, 15:00
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Scirocco
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.37458, longitude -3.16878, in the CH48 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Kirby.

Map of where the crash happened in Wirral

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199405G200084
Council area
Wirral
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5139
Road type
Single carriageway
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, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 December 2023.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Scirocco

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,457 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 82, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Scirocco)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 199405G200084 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.