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Unclassified road crash in St. Helens WA11 on 15 December 2008 at 15:30 involving a Ford Transit Connect van

A Ford Transit Connect van hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in St. Helens at 15:30 on Monday 15 December 2008. A 9-year-old female pedestrian 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
15 Dec 2008
Monday, 15:30
Vehicles
1
Ford Transit Connect
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46835, longitude -2.66159, 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 0PY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in St. Helens

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200805DD29678
Council area
St. Helens
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Unclassified

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
9%
Estimated chance it was slight
91%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 August 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Connect

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 9, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Transit Connect)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 200805DD29678 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 2008.