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A551 crash in Wirral on 30 December 2018 at 15:44 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Peugeot 107 were involved in a crash on the A551 in Wirral at 15:44 on Sunday 30 December 2018. The 66-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo and the 73-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 107 were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Dec 2018
Sunday, 15:44
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Peugeot 107
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.33161, longitude -3.07916, 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 2SW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wirral

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018051840796
Council area
Wirral
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
551
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
Give way or uncontrolled

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, 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
12%
Estimated chance it was slight
88%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 June 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    1,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 107

    Car

    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    73 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 107)

    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 2018051840796 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.