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Serious A551 crash in Wirral on 26 December 1995 at 15:45 involving a Honda ND50MC motorcycle

A Honda ND50MC motorcycle and a Rover Range Rover were involved in a crash on the A551 in Wirral at 15:45 on Tuesday 26 December 1995. The 74-year-old female rider of the Honda ND50MC motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on an icy dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Dec 1995
Tuesday, 15:45
Vehicles
2
Honda ND50MC and Rover Range Rover
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.41938, longitude -3.08875, in the CH46 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wirral

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995050295131
Council area
Wirral
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
551
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 September 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda ND50MC

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Range Rover

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    3,800 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 74, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda ND50MC)

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 1995050295131 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 1995.