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Serious B5413 crash in St. Helens on 26 March 2009 at 09:00 involving a Keeway Hurricane motorcycle

A Keeway Hurricane motorcycle crashed on the B5413 in St. Helens at 09:00 on Thursday 26 March 2009. The 17-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Mar 2009
Thursday, 09:00
Vehicles
1
Keeway Hurricane
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.43622, longitude -2.75894, in the WA9 postcode district and within the built-up area of St Helens. It is one of the crashes that make up the West Park, St. Helens, WA10 3ER area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in St. Helens

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200905DD32100
Council area
St. Helens
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5413
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 with 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 January 2020.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Keeway Hurricane

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Education and educational escort
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Keeway Hurricane)

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 200905DD32100 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 2009.