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A552 crash in Wirral on 26 January 2006 at 08:50 involving a Rover Range Rover

A Rover Range Rover and a Nissan Primera taxi were involved in a crash on the A552 in Wirral at 08:50 on Thursday 26 January 2006. A 35-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Primera taxi was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet slip road with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jan 2006
Thursday, 08:50
Vehicles
2
Rover Range Rover and Nissan Primera
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.36857, longitude -3.0702, in the CH43 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Prenton, Wirral, CH43 3AP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wirral

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200605AA06173
Council area
Wirral
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
552
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 November 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Range Rover

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    3,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Primera

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,974 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Primera)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 200605AA06173 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 2006.