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Fatal A58 crash in St. Helens on 16 July 1989 at 14:45 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A58 in St. Helens at 14:45 on Sunday 16 July 1989. The 50-year-old male cyclist was killed.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
16 Jul 1989
Sunday, 14:45
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.43413, longitude -2.79109, in the L34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Prescot.

Map of where the crash happened in St. Helens

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198905E301035
Council area
St. Helens
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
58
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 September 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Fatal

    Male, aged 50, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 198905E301035 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 1989.