B5143 crash in Wirral on 18 September 2009 at 08:55 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Lexus IS200 were involved in a crash on the B5143 in Wirral at 08:55 on Friday 18 September 2009. The 38-year-old female driver of the Lexus IS200 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Sep 2009
- Friday, 08:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Lexus IS200
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.42175, longitude -3.04385, in the CH45 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
- 200905AA07144
- Council area
- Wirral
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5143
- 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
- Daylight
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 October 2002.
Slight
Mercedes crash on the B5143 in Wirral, 14 October 2002
At the same spotRef 200205AZ00035
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the B5143 in Wirral, 15 December 2009
At the same spotRef 200905AA03801
Slight
Van crash on the B5143 in Wirral, 16 June 1988
At the same spotRef 198805G101409
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A551 in Wirral, 11 October 1985
At the same spotRef 198505G102847
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the B5143 in Wirral, 20 February 1998
At the same spotRef 1998050042250
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the B5143 in Wirral, 5 August 2006
At the same spotRef 200605AA10507
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Lexus IS200
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Lexus IS200)
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 200905AA07144 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.