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B5203 crash in St. Helens on 4 November 1983 at 23:45 involving a car

A car and a taxi were involved in a crash on the B5203 in St. Helens at 23:45 on Friday 4 November 1983. A 34-year-old male pedestrian hit by the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Nov 1983
Friday, 23:45
Vehicles
2
Car and taxi
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.4988, longitude -2.78506, in the WA11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rainford.

Map of where the crash happened in St. Helens

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198305E301299
Council area
St. Helens
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5203
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing), masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 198305E301299 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the St. Helens road accident statistics for 1983.