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A551 crash in Wirral on 9 August 2002 at 16:30 involving a Nissan Primera

A Nissan Primera and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A551 in Wirral at 16:30 on Friday 9 August 2002. The 24-year-old male driver of the Nissan Primera and the 32-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Aug 2002
Friday, 16:30
Vehicles
2
Nissan Primera and Nissan Micra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40584, longitude -3.11386, 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 8TW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wirral

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002050148822
Council area
Wirral
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
551
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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 16 September 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Primera

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,974 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Primera)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)

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 2002050148822 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.