A569 crash in St. Helens on 3 December 2011 at 13:15 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra and a Suzuki Swift were involved in a crash on the A569 in St. Helens at 13:15 on Saturday 3 December 2011. The 39-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Swift was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Dec 2011
- Saturday, 13:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vectra and Suzuki Swift
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.426, longitude -2.72459, in the WA9 postcode district and within the built-up area of St Helens. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sutton South East, St. Helens, WA9 4NG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in St. Helens
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201105DD06813
- Council area
- St. Helens
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 569
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 569
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 January 2013.
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A569 in St. Helens, 3 January 2013
At the same spotRef 201305DD01023
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the A569 in St. Helens, 15 January 2000
At the same spotRef 2000050010811
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A569 in St. Helens, 8 October 2004
At the same spotRef 200405DH00914
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A569 in St. Helens, 30 April 2003
At the same spotRef 200305DH00458
Serious
Suzuki Swift crash on the A569 in St. Helens, 18 August 2012
At the same spotRef 201205DD04640
Slight
Car crash on the A570 in St. Helens, 19 July 1980
At the same spotRef 198005L100812
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Swift)
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 201105DD06813 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 2011.