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A570 crash in St. Helens on 26 June 1998 at 10:20 involving an Iveco Daily van

A lorry, an Iveco Daily van and a car were involved in a crash on the A570 in St. Helens at 10:20 on Friday 26 June 1998. The 23-year-old male driver of the Iveco Daily van and the 43-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jun 1998
Friday, 10:20
Vehicles
3
Iveco Daily and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.48432, longitude -2.77243, in the WA11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in St. Helens

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998050131152
Council area
St. Helens
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
570
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
A
Second road number
58

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 July 1999.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Double or multiple trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Iveco Daily

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    2,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Iveco Daily)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

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 1998050131152 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 1998.