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Serious unclassified road crash in Wirral CH60 on 11 November 2018 at 15:30 involving a Volvo V40

A Volvo V40 and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wirral at 15:30 on Sunday 11 November 2018. A 70-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Vauxhall Astra was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Nov 2018
Sunday, 15:30
Vehicles
2
Volvo V40 and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.32952, longitude -3.09822, in the CH60 postcode district and within the built-up area of Heswall. It is one of the crashes that make up the Heswall, Wirral, CH60 7TD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wirral

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018051840291
Council area
Wirral
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
5138

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 January 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo V40

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    72 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,399 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 70, hit by vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least 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 2018051840291 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.