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B5201 crash in St. Helens on 1 August 1999 at 18:40

A vehicle crashed on the B5201 in St. Helens at 18:40 on Sunday 1 August 1999. The 30-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Aug 1999
Sunday, 18:40
Vehicles
1
Other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.43509, longitude -2.79354, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1999050155657
Council area
St. Helens
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5201
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 September 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

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 1999050155657 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 1999.