Unclassified road crash in Wirral CH44 on 5 February 2019 at 05:25 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A car and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wirral at 05:25 on Tuesday 5 February 2019. The 42-year-old male driver of the car, a 9-year-old male passenger in the car and the 20-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Feb 2019
- Tuesday, 05:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.41208, longitude -3.05176, in the CH44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wallasey. It is one of the crashes that make up the Liscard, Wirral, CH44 3EH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wirral
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019051910348
- Council area
- Wirral
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 November 2013.
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B5145 in Wirral, 18 November 2013
3 m awayRef 201305AA05190
Serious
Car crash on the B5145 in Wirral, 25 January 1988
4 m awayRef 198805G100240
Slight
Austin Morris Mini crash on the B5145 in Wirral, 31 October 1991
4 m awayRef 199105G102112
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A5088 in Wirral, 2 June 2000
4 m awayRef 2000050101982
Slight
Suzuki crash on the B5145 in Wirral, 16 September 1999
4 m awayRef 1999050186133
Slight
Rover 800 Series crash on the B5145 in Wirral, 28 January 2002
4 m awayRef 2002050019042
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2019051910348 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 2019.