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A599 crash in St. Helens on 7 September 1990 at 16:35 involving a Reliant Robin

A Reliant Robin hit a pedestrian on the A599 in St. Helens at 16:35 on Friday 7 September 1990. An 8-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Sep 1990
Friday, 16:35
Vehicles
1
Reliant Robin
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46883, longitude -2.65736, in the WA11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Haydock.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199005E201508
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
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 serious injury crash on 11 October 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Reliant Robin

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    78 years
    Engine capacity
    748 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 8, hit by vehicle 1 (Reliant Robin)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199005E201508 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 1990.