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B5209 crash in St. Helens on 3 July 1997 at 17:30 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van, a Citroen AX and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B5209 in St. Helens at 17:30 on Thursday 3 July 1997. The 42-year-old female driver of the Citroen AX, a 12-year-old female passenger in the Citroen AX and the 32-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Jul 1997
Thursday, 17:30
Vehicles
3
Ford Transit and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46324, longitude -2.64357, in the WA12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in St. Helens

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997050137576
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
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 34 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 June 2019.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen AX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    954 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    749 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen AX)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen AX)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, motorcyclist, on vehicle 3 (Yamaha)

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 1997050137576 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 1997.