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Unclassified road crash in Wirral CH42 on 31 March 2015 at 08:55 involving a Ford Transit Connect van

A Ford Transit Connect van and a DAF Trucks were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wirral at 08:55 on Tuesday 31 March 2015. The 32-year-old male driver of the DAF Trucks was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Mar 2015
Tuesday, 08:55
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit Connect and DAF Trucks
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.3775, longitude -3.01625, 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
2015051500873
Council area
Wirral
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single 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
B
Second road number
5149

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 December 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Connect

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    Yes
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    6,692 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (DAF Trucks)

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 2015051500873 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 2015.