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C road crash in Wirral CH63 on 13 August 2002 at 01:50 involving a Volkswagen Scirocco

A Volkswagen Scirocco, a motorcycle and an Iveco-Ford lorry were involved in a crash on a C road in Wirral at 01:50 on Tuesday 13 August 2002. The 36-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Scirocco was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Aug 2002
Tuesday, 01:50
Vehicles
3
Volkswagen Scirocco and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.35066, longitude -3.02198, in the CH63 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bebington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bebington, Wirral, CH63 2JF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wirral

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002050148339
Council area
Wirral
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 April 1998.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Scirocco

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 3: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    5,861 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Scirocco)

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 2002050148339 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.