Unclassified road crash in Wirral CH44 on 5 December 2025 at 07:40 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wirral at 07:40 on Friday 5 December 2025. The 36-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Dec 2025
- Friday, 07:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40734, longitude -3.02481, in the CH44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wallasey. It is one of the crashes that make up the Seacombe, Wirral, CH44 6LB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wirral
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025052502235
- 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
- 20 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 November 2023.
Slight
Volkswagen Touran crash on the B5144 in Wirral, 5 November 2023
7 m awayRef 2023052302655
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B5145 in Wirral, 13 July 1985
8 m awayRef 198505G101901
Serious
Car crash on the B5145 in Wirral, 24 March 1988
8 m awayRef 198805G100905
Serious
Toyota Starlet crash on an unclassified road in Wirral, 30 June 2006
21 m awayRef 200605AA10583
Serious
Car crash on the B5415 in Wirral, 23 December 1982
31 m awayRef 198205G103603
Serious
Car crash on the B5145 in Wirral, 18 May 1987
48 m awayRef 198705G101380
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
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 2025052502235 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 2025.