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M53 crash in Wirral on 3 July 2002 at 09:00 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a car were involved in a crash on the M53 in Wirral at 09:00 on Wednesday 3 July 2002. The 27-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Jul 2002
Wednesday, 09:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.33842, longitude -3.02334, in the CH63 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Clatterbridge, Wirral, CH63 9AE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wirral

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002050127114
Council area
Wirral
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
A
Second road number
5137

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 August 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 2002050127114 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.