A5139 crash in Wirral on 17 November 2017 at 13:20 involving an Audi Q3
An Audi Q3, a Toyota Yaris and a BMW 5 Series were involved in a crash on the A5139 in Wirral at 13:20 on Friday 17 November 2017. The 55-year-old female driver of the Toyota Yaris was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Nov 2017
- Friday, 13:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Audi Q3 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40528, longitude -3.02768, in the CH41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wallasey.
Map of where the crash happened in Wirral
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017051702843
- Council area
- Wirral
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5139
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 17 metres away, was a fatal crash on 16 January 1993.
Fatal
Austin Montego crash on an unclassified road in Wirral, 16 January 1993
17 m awayRef 199305G100079
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Wirral, 14 July 1987
75 m awayRef 198705G101930
Slight
Leyland crash on the A5139 in Wirral, 27 June 1998
81 m awayRef 1998050143218
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A5139 in Wirral, 29 October 2021
84 m awayRef 2021052102349
Serious
Van crash on an unclassified road in Wirral, 3 September 1980
90 m awayRef 198005G501836
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A5139 in Wirral, 15 January 2006
105 m awayRef 200605AA04809
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Audi Q3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 3: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
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 2017051702843 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 2017.