B5142 crash in Wirral on 25 December 2014 at 11:10 involving a Mazda 2
A Mazda 2 and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the B5142 in Wirral at 11:10 on Thursday 25 December 2014. A 65-year-old female passenger in the Renault Clio and an 8-year-old female passenger in the Renault Clio were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Dec 2014
- Thursday, 11:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda 2 and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.42363, longitude -3.0345, in the CH44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wallasey. It is one of the crashes that make up the New Brighton, Wirral, CH45 7AA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wirral
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014051400833
- Council area
- Wirral
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5142
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 October 2013.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B5142 in Wirral, 5 October 2013
At the same spotRef 201305AA04573
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the B5142 in Wirral, 7 August 2007
4 m awayRef 200705AA19238
Slight
Volvo crash on the B5412 in Wirral, 29 January 2001
4 m awayRef 2001050017600
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B5142 in Wirral, 29 April 2003
4 m awayRef 200305AW00450
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B5142 in Wirral, 12 February 2010
4 m awayRef 201005AA01681
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B5142 in Wirral, 6 December 2011
4 m awayRef 201105AA06900
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,349 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- 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 2014051400833 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.