Serious B5145 crash in Wirral on 2 November 2007 at 22:22 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the B5145 in Wirral at 22:22 on Friday 2 November 2007. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Nov 2007
- Friday, 22:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Micra and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.41534, longitude -3.05738, in the CH44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wallasey. It is one of the crashes that make up the Liscard, Wirral, CH44 3EH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wirral
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200705AA20967
- Council area
- Wirral
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5145
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 October 1981.
Slight
Scooter crash on the B5145 in Wirral, 8 October 1981
10 m awayRef 198105G102851
Slight
Car crash on the B5145 in Wirral, 23 June 2010
14 m awayRef 201005AA04236
Slight
Car crash on the B5145 in Wirral, 3 May 1982
20 m awayRef 198205G101137
Serious
Car crash on the A5028 in Wirral, 2 November 1980
22 m awayRef 198005G102413
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B5145 in Wirral, 14 October 2002
22 m awayRef 200205AZ00032
Slight
Car crash on the B5145 in Wirral, 29 April 1980
22 m awayRef 198005G100546
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 14 years
- Engine capacity
- 988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
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 200705AA20967 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.