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Serious B5201 crash in St. Helens on 1 August 1991 at 18:30 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion hit two pedestrians on the B5201 in St. Helens at 18:30 on Thursday 1 August 1991. A 51-year-old female pedestrian and a 59-year-old female pedestrian were seriously injured and the 17-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Aug 1991
Thursday, 18:30
Vehicles
1
Ford Orion
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.4316, longitude -2.79285, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199105E301187
Council area
St. Helens
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5201
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
B
Second road number
5201

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 July 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 51, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 59, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

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 199105E301187 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.