Unclassified road crash in Wirral CH46 on 5 June 2002 at 09:40 involving a Vauxhall Combo
A Vauxhall Combo hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Wirral at 09:40 on Wednesday 5 June 2002. A 6-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jun 2002
- Wednesday, 09:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Combo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.41455, longitude -3.09498, in the CH46 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wallasey. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leasowe and Moreton East, Wirral, CH46 2QH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wirral
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002050107771
- 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
- 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, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 May 1994.
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Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Wirral, 21 May 1994
36 m awayRef 199405G101032
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Car crash on an unclassified road in Wirral, 23 November 1979
40 m awayRef 197905G101148
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Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in Wirral, 7 April 1992
41 m awayRef 199205G100689
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Peugeot Boxer crash on an unclassified road in Wirral, 20 November 2025
41 m awayRef 2025052502139
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Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Wirral, 1 November 1985
45 m awayRef 198505G103066
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Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Wirral, 11 July 1998
51 m awayRef 1998050148215
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Combo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 6, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Combo)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary 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 2002050107771 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 2002.