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Serious A553 crash in Wirral on 26 August 2013 at 01:38 involving a Hyundai Coupe

A Hyundai Coupe hit two pedestrians on the A553 in Wirral at 01:38 on Monday 26 August 2013. A 21-year-old female pedestrian and a 21-year-old female pedestrian were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Aug 2013
Monday, 01:38
Vehicles
1
Hyundai Coupe
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.39099, longitude -3.01995, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201305AA04017
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
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 September 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai Coupe

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,975 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 21, hit by vehicle 1 (Hyundai Coupe)

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

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 21, hit by vehicle 1 (Hyundai Coupe)

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

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 201305AA04017 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.