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A553 crash in Wirral on 3 April 2010 at 18:05 involving a Yamaha XC 125 motorcycle

A Yamaha XC 125 motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A553 in Wirral at 18:05 on Saturday 3 April 2010. An 11-year-old female pedestrian and the 17-year-old male rider were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Apr 2010
Saturday, 18:05
Vehicles
1
Yamaha XC 125
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.4025, longitude -3.06624, in the CH41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birkenhead. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bidston and St James, Wirral, CH43 7SX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wirral

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201005AA02513
Council area
Wirral
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
553
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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
23%
Estimated chance it was slight
77%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 January 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha XC 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    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
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Yamaha XC 125)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha XC 125)

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 201005AA02513 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 2010.