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Serious unclassified road crash in Wirral CH43 on 6 September 2007 at 16:10 involving a Renault Clio

A car and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wirral at 16:10 on Thursday 6 September 2007. The 76-year-old female driver of the car, the 56-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio and a 16-year-old female passenger in the car were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Sep 2007
Thursday, 16:10
Vehicles
2
Car and Renault Clio
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.38414, longitude -3.04804, in the CH43 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birkenhead. It is one of the crashes that make up the Oxton, Wirral, CH43 1UZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wirral

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200705AA19796
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
Crossroads
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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 16 August 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    76 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 200705AA19796 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 2007.