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B5201 crash in St. Helens on 1 April 2004 at 16:30 involving a Volkswagen Caddy

A Volkswagen Caddy and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on the B5201 in St. Helens at 16:30 on Thursday 1 April 2004. The 31-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 206 was 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
1 Apr 2004
Thursday, 16:30
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Caddy and Peugeot 206
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.43159, longitude -2.79287, in the L34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Prescot. It is one of the crashes that make up the Eccleston, St. Helens, L34 2TT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in St. Helens

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200405DH00322
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
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
B
Second road number
5201

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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 July 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Caddy

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)

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 200405DH00322 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 2004.