A552 crash in Wirral on 26 September 2018 at 10:38 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Ford Transit Custom van were involved in a crash on the A552 in Wirral at 10:38 on Wednesday 26 September 2018. A 59-year-old female passenger in the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Sep 2018
- Wednesday, 10:38
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Ford Transit Custom
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.38794, longitude -3.02994, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018051802248
- Council area
- Wirral
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 552
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 5148
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 17 September 2021.
Serious
Hyundai i10 crash on the A552 in Wirral, 17 September 2021
1 m awayRef 2021052102058
Serious
Car crash on the A552 in Wirral, 11 December 1982
3 m awayRef 198205G303418
Slight
Car crash on the A5029 in Wirral, 17 July 1980
3 m awayRef 198005G301389
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the A552 in Wirral, 27 December 2016
4 m awayRef 2016051604092
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on the A552 in Wirral, 3 July 2019
5 m awayRef 2019051911742
Slight
Car crash on the A552 in Wirral, 12 January 1994
8 m awayRef 199405G300086
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- 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
- 79 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit Custom
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018051802248 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 2018.