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Serious B5140 crash in Wirral on 21 September 1996 at 12:40 involving a car

A car and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the B5140 in Wirral at 12:40 on Saturday 21 September 1996. The 25-year-old female driver of the other vehicle was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Sep 1996
Saturday, 12:40
Vehicles
2
Car and other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.36295, longitude -3.14442, in the CH48 postcode district and within the built-up area of Caldy.

Map of where the crash happened in Wirral

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996050212899
Council area
Wirral
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5140
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 July 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Towing and articulation
    Other tow
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 25, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other 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 1996050212899 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.