Skip to main content
CrashStats

A568 crash in St. Helens on 26 April 1991 at 20:20 involving a Datsun 120

A Datsun 120 and a van were involved in a crash on the A568 in St. Helens at 20:20 on Friday 26 April 1991. The 20-year-old female driver of the Datsun 120 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Apr 1991
Friday, 20:20
Vehicles
2
Datsun 120 and van
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.42583, longitude -2.72472, in the WA9 postcode district and within the built-up area of St Helens.

Map of where the crash happened in St. Helens

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199105E100615
Council area
St. Helens
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
568
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
570

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 18 May 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Datsun 120

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,171 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Datsun 120)

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 199105E100615 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 1991.