A5139 crash in Wirral on 28 November 2009 at 12:15 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane, two cars and a Mercedes CLK Class were involved in a crash on the A5139 in Wirral at 12:15 on Saturday 28 November 2009. A 53-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes CLK Class, a 24-year-old female passenger in the Renault Megane and the 38-year-old female driver of vehicle 3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Nov 2009
- Saturday, 12:15
- Vehicles
- 4
- Renault Megane and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.41422, longitude -3.07225, in the CH44 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wallasey, Wirral, CH45 8RH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wirral
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200905AA03069
- Council area
- Wirral
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5139
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Fine, 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 June 2001.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A5139 in Wirral, 17 June 2001
10 m awayRef 2001050103610
Slight
Volvo 340 crash on the M53 in Wirral, 10 May 1995
14 m awayRef 1995050110118
Slight
Ford KA crash on the M53 in Wirral, 31 December 2008
14 m awayRef 200805AA30009
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A5139 in Wirral, 10 December 1998
14 m awayRef 1998050034258
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the M53 in Wirral, 10 May 1995
14 m awayRef 1995050110271
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A5139 in Wirral, 2 June 1998
20 m awayRef 1998050119716
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 800 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 4: Mercedes CLK Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Mercedes CLK Class)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
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 200905AA03069 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.