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M53 crash in Wirral on 26 June 1997 at 19:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and an Audi Cabriolet were involved in a crash on the M53 in Wirral at 19:30 on Thursday 26 June 1997. A 45-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a snow-covered one-way street or slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jun 1997
Thursday, 19:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Audi Cabriolet
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.41367, longitude -3.07416, in the CH44 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wirral

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997050135905
Council area
Wirral
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
53
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
53

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 November 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Audi Cabriolet

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    2,309 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    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 1997050135905 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.