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Serious A58 crash in St. Helens on 2 February 1991 at 07:45 involving a Ford Cortina

A Ford Cortina crashed on the A58 in St. Helens at 07:45 on Saturday 2 February 1991. The 28-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Feb 1991
Saturday, 07:45
Vehicles
1
Ford Cortina
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.43355, longitude -2.7974, in the L34 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in St. Helens

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199105E300170
Council area
St. Helens
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
58
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
58

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

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 17 November 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

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 199105E300170 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.