B5147 crash in Wirral on 12 December 2010 at 17:05 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto and an Aprilia SR 50 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B5147 in Wirral at 17:05 on Sunday 12 December 2010. The 16-year-old male rider of the Aprilia SR 50 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Dec 2010
- Sunday, 17:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Punto and Aprilia SR 50
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.38824, longitude -3.02137, in the CH41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birkenhead. It is one of the crashes that make up the Birkenhead and Tranmere, Wirral, CH41 6NZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wirral
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201005AA07181
- Council area
- Wirral
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5147
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 October 2015.
Slight
London Taxis Int. TX1 crash on the B5147 in Wirral, 29 October 2015
8 m awayRef 2015051502639
Serious
Ford Cortina crash on the B5147 in Wirral, 10 March 1991
10 m awayRef 199105G300484
Slight
Peugeot 208 crash on the B5417 in Wirral, 19 July 2024
12 m awayRef 2024052401605
Slight
Skoda 120 crash on the B5147 in Wirral, 11 July 1990
14 m awayRef 199005G301308
Slight
Car crash on the B5147 in Wirral, 5 January 1983
20 m awayRef 198305G300023
Serious
Car crash on the B5147 in Wirral, 19 January 2007
22 m awayRef 200705AA14530
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,368 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Aprilia SR 50
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Aprilia SR 50)
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 201005AA07181 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.