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Unclassified road crash in Wirral CH61 on 17 October 2000 at 22:00 involving a Seat Toledo

A Seat Toledo crashed on an unclassified road in Wirral at 22:00 on Tuesday 17 October 2000. The 25-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a muddy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Oct 2000
Tuesday, 22:00
Vehicles
1
Seat Toledo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.34839, longitude -3.0754, in the CH61 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnston.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000050185757
Council area
Wirral
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Mud
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Mud

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 49 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 October 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Toledo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Toledo)

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 2000050185757 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 2000.