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B5151 crash in Wirral on 19 October 2019 at 16:45 involving a Mercedes A Class

A Mercedes A Class crashed on the B5151 in Wirral at 16:45 on Saturday 19 October 2019. The 70-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Oct 2019
Saturday, 16:45
Vehicles
1
Mercedes A Class
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.34255, longitude -3.02545, in the CH63 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Clatterbridge, Wirral, CH63 6HA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wirral

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019051912648
Council area
Wirral
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5151
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
14%
Estimated chance it was slight
86%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 June 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Wall or fence
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,461 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes A Class)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2019051912648 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.