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Serious A599 crash in St. Helens on 7 March 1987 at 15:05 involving a car

A car and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A599 in St. Helens at 15:05 on Saturday 7 March 1987. A 40-year-old female passenger in the car was seriously injured and the 40-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Mar 1987
Saturday, 15:05
Vehicles
2
Car and bus or coach
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47047, longitude -2.65227, in the WA11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Haydock.

Map of where the crash happened in St. Helens

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198705E200313
Council area
St. Helens
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
599
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 May 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 198705E200313 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 1987.