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Unclassified road crash in Wirral CH42 on 16 April 2023 at 14:45 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Wirral at 14:45 on Sunday 16 April 2023. A 31-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Apr 2023
Sunday, 14:45
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.3794, longitude -3.02976, in the CH42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birkenhead. It is one of the crashes that make up the Birkenhead and Tranmere, Wirral, CH42 9NN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wirral

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2023052300872
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
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
Raining, 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, 37 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 May 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
    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 2023052300872 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 2023.