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Serious unclassified road crash in Wirral CH44 on 4 March 2008 at 21:15 involving a Mercedes Vito minibus

A Mercedes Vito minibus crashed on an unclassified road in Wirral at 21:15 on Tuesday 4 March 2008. A 13-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Mar 2008
Tuesday, 21:15
Vehicles
1
Mercedes Vito
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.41019, longitude -3.05018, in the CH44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wallasey. It is one of the crashes that make up the Seacombe, Wirral, CH41 1DF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wirral

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200805AA23702
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
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
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, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 March 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Vito

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 13, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Vito)

    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 200805AA23702 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 2008.