B5203 crash in St. Helens on 21 June 2001 at 16:55 involving a Nissan Sunny
A Nissan Sunny and a car were involved in a crash on the B5203 in St. Helens at 16:55 on Thursday 21 June 2001. The 52-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jun 2001
- Thursday, 16:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Sunny and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.50521, longitude -2.79304, in the WA11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rainford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rainford, St. Helens, WA11 8DB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in St. Helens
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001050113013
- Council area
- St. Helens
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5203
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 August 2020.
Slight
Mini Countryman crash on the B5203 in St. Helens, 10 August 2020
17 m awayRef 2020052001560
Slight
Car crash on the B5203 in St. Helens, 6 April 1985
22 m awayRef 198505E300396
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the B5203 in St. Helens, 10 October 1998
22 m awayRef 1998050207782
Slight
Scooter crash on the B5203 in St. Helens, 4 September 1987
22 m awayRef 198705E301202
Slight
Bus crash on the B5203 in St. Helens, 3 April 1990
22 m awayRef 199005E300624
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in St. Helens, 11 October 1984
22 m awayRef 198405E301185
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Sunny
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 2001050113013 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 2001.