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A551 crash in Wirral on 23 March 1994 at 18:05 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Triumph Acclaim were involved in a crash on the A551 in Wirral at 18:05 on Wednesday 23 March 1994. A 62-year-old female passenger in the Triumph Acclaim was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Mar 1994
Wednesday, 18:05
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Triumph Acclaim
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40379, longitude -3.11272, in the CH46 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wallasey.

Map of where the crash happened in Wirral

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199405G200580
Council area
Wirral
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
551
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 November 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,093 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Triumph Acclaim

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,335 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Triumph Acclaim)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199405G200580 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.