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A5027 crash in Wirral on 24 October 2009 at 05:00 involving a taxi

A taxi crashed on the A5027 in Wirral at 05:00 on Saturday 24 October 2009. A 31-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Oct 2009
Saturday, 05:00
Vehicles
1
Taxi
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.41195, longitude -3.04421, 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 5UW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wirral

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200905AA02526
Council area
Wirral
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5027
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
5145

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 November 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200905AA02526 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 2009.