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Serious A599 crash in St. Helens on 15 December 2006 at 10:20 involving a Dennis bus

A Dennis bus and a car were involved in a crash on the A599 in St. Helens at 10:20 on Friday 15 December 2006. A 57-year-old female passenger in the Dennis bus was seriously injured and an 80-year-old male passenger in the Dennis bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Dec 2006
Friday, 10:20
Vehicles
2
Dennis and car
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46741, longitude -2.68387, in the WA11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Haydock. It is one of the crashes that make up the Haydock, St. Helens, WA11 0BP area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200605DD13796
Council area
St. Helens
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
599
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 October 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    5,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 57, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 80, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

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 200605DD13796 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 2006.