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A5030 crash in Wirral on 26 February 1996 at 12:30 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a Kawasaki ZX900 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A5030 in Wirral at 12:30 on Monday 26 February 1996. The 33-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX900 motorcycle and a 23-year-old female passenger on the Kawasaki ZX900 motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Feb 1996
Monday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Kawasaki ZX900
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.39684, longitude -3.02516, in the CH41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birkenhead.

Map of where the crash happened in Wirral

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996050048340
Council area
Wirral
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5030
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
5029

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 17 November 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ZX900

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    908 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZX900)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZX900)

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 1996050048340 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 1996.