Serious A554 crash in Wirral on 17 June 2019 at 12:55 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio, a Mercedes C Class and a Citroen Berlingo were involved in a crash on the A554 in Wirral at 12:55 on Monday 17 June 2019. An 88-year-old female passenger in the Renault Clio and the 81-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Jun 2019
- Monday, 12:55
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Clio and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.42364, longitude -3.03145, in the CH44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wallasey. It is one of the crashes that make up the New Brighton, Wirral, CH45 7AA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wirral
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019051911601
- Council area
- Wirral
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 554
- Road type
- Dual 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
- 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, 35 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 March 1994.
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A554 in Wirral, 24 March 1994
35 m awayRef 199405G100616
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A554 in Wirral, 31 October 1990
35 m awayRef 199005G202201
Slight
Smiths crash on the A554 in Wirral, 24 October 2006
35 m awayRef 200605AA12339
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A554 in Wirral, 30 July 1980
38 m awayRef 198005G101443
Slight
Car crash on the A554 in Wirral, 3 January 1982
43 m awayRef 198205G100022
Serious
Car crash on the A554 in Wirral, 12 November 1989
49 m awayRef 198905G102168
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 81 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Citroen Berlingo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 88, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- 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 2019051911601 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.