M53 crash in Wirral on 22 September 2021 at 16:15 involving a Peugeot Partner van
A Peugeot Partner van and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the M53 in Wirral at 16:15 on Wednesday 22 September 2021. The 34-year-old male driver of the BMW 1 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Sep 2021
- Wednesday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot Partner and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.36815, longitude -3.07144, in the CH43 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Prenton, Wirral, CH43 3AP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wirral
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021052102005
- Council area
- Wirral
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 53
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 5139
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 September 1990.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the M53 in Wirral, 3 September 1990
5 m awayRef 199005G301700
Serious
BMW R 1250 crash on the M53 in Wirral, 23 October 2020
10 m awayRef 2020052002174
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the M53 in Wirral, 25 September 2019
14 m awayRef 2019051912452
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the M53 in Wirral, 3 October 2003
17 m awayRef 200305AW01460
Slight
Hyundai Coupe crash on the M53 in Wirral, 30 June 2003
17 m awayRef 200305AW00833
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A552 in Wirral, 10 April 2003
17 m awayRef 200305AW00343
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot Partner
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2021052102005 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 2021.