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B5203 crash in St. Helens on 13 October 1992 at 12:55 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the B5203 in St. Helens at 12:55 on Tuesday 13 October 1992. A 68-year-old female passenger and the 40-year-old male driver were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Oct 1992
Tuesday, 12:55
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.50219, longitude -2.78829, in the WA11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rainford.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199205E301559
Council area
St. Helens
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5203
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
5205

Pedestrian crossing information

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

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
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 3 September 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 68, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

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 199205E301559 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 1992.