B5172 crash in Wirral on 23 May 2013 at 21:35 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the B5172 in Wirral at 21:35 on Thursday 23 May 2013. The 25-year-old female driver of the Mercedes C Class, the 27-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane and a 26-year-old female passenger in the Renault Megane were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 May 2013
- Thursday, 21:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.37118, longitude -3.01557, in the CH42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birkenhead. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rock Ferry, Wirral, CH42 3TF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wirral
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201305AA02774
- Council area
- Wirral
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5172
- 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
- 5149
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 11 January 2024.
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the B5172 in Wirral, 11 January 2024
1 m awayRef 2024052400132
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the B5149 in Wirral, 21 January 2014
2 m awayRef 201405AA01415
Fatal
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B5136 in Wirral, 31 January 2017
3 m awayRef 2017051700264
Slight
Volvo 360 crash on the B5172 in Wirral, 1 March 1996
3 m awayRef 1996050053640
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the B5149 in Wirral, 16 July 1994
3 m awayRef 199405G382713
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the B5172 in Wirral, 23 January 1997
3 m awayRef 1997050020211
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 201305AA02774 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 2013.