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B5149 crash in Wirral on 20 December 2008 at 11:00 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van

A Mercedes Sprinter van and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the B5149 in Wirral at 11:00 on Saturday 20 December 2008. A 23-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Mercedes Sprinter van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 2008
Saturday, 11:00
Vehicles
2
Mercedes Sprinter and Audi A4
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.36663, longitude -3.01409, in the CH42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birkenhead. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rock Ferry, Wirral, CH42 4RP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wirral

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200805AA29807
Council area
Wirral
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5149
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 March 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,148 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Audi A4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes Sprinter)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing), masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 200805AA29807 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.