A554 crash in Wirral on 24 May 1997 at 15:45 involving an Opel Manta
An Opel Manta, a Fiat Uno and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the A554 in Wirral at 15:45 on Saturday 24 May 1997. The 21-year-old female driver of the Opel Manta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 May 1997
- Saturday, 15:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Opel Manta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.41689, longitude -3.02519, in the CH44 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
- 1997050112899
- Council area
- Wirral
- Police force
- Merseyside
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 554
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 June 2013.
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A554 in Wirral, 25 June 2013
3 m awayRef 201305AA03250
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Wirral, 18 December 2013
3 m awayRef 201305AA05702
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A554 in Wirral, 18 April 2005
10 m awayRef 200505AW00587
Slight
Car crash on the A554 in Wirral, 18 February 1983
10 m awayRef 198305G100522
Slight
Car crash on the A554 in Wirral, 19 November 1984
10 m awayRef 198405G103544
Slight
Fiat Brava crash on the A554 in Wirral, 8 December 2004
10 m awayRef 200405AW02236
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Opel Manta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Uno
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,593 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Opel Manta)
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 1997050112899 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 1997.