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B5209 crash in St. Helens on 11 February 1996 at 15:45 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the B5209 in St. Helens at 15:45 on Sunday 11 February 1996. The 28-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and a 25-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were 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
Slight
Date
11 Feb 1996
Sunday, 15:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and BMW 3 Series
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.45883, longitude -2.64441, in the WA12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newton-le-Willows.

Map of where the crash happened in St. Helens

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996050038675
Council area
St. Helens
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5209
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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 3 January 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,766 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

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

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1996050038675 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 1996.