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M53 crash in Wirral on 29 June 2008 at 23:30 involving a Citroen Berlingo van

A Citroen Berlingo van crashed on the M53 in Wirral at 23:30 on Sunday 29 June 2008. The 35-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Jun 2008
Sunday, 23:30
Vehicles
1
Citroen Berlingo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.39661, longitude -3.0906, in the CH49 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bidston and St James, Wirral, CH43 7AE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wirral

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200805AA26238
Council area
Wirral
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
53
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
10%
Estimated chance it was slight
90%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 54 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 February 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Berlingo

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Berlingo)

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 200805AA26238 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.