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B5149 crash in Wirral on 30 November 2014 at 16:45 involving a Mazda 6 taxi

A Mazda 6 taxi crashed on the B5149 in Wirral at 16:45 on Sunday 30 November 2014. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Nov 2014
Sunday, 16:45
Vehicles
1
Mazda 6
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.37861, longitude -3.01651, 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
2014051400490
Council area
Wirral
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5149
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 January 2013.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda 6

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    2,184 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 49, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 6)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 6)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 6)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 6)

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 2014051400490 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 2014.