A599 crash in St. Helens on 24 July 2012 at 19:53 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A599 in St. Helens at 19:53 on Tuesday 24 July 2012. The 8-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Jul 2012
- Tuesday, 19:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Punto and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46927, longitude -2.65618, 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
- 201205DD04297
- 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
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 599
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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 October 2007.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A599 in St. Helens, 5 October 2007
10 m awayRef 200705DD20404
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A599 in St. Helens, 7 March 2013
17 m awayRef 201305DD01766
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in St. Helens, 4 December 2023
19 m awayRef 2023052302908
Serious
Minibus crash on the A599 in St. Helens, 20 August 2000
20 m awayRef 2000050154022
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A599 in St. Helens, 6 July 2005
20 m awayRef 200505DH00541
Slight
Van crash on the A599 in St. Helens, 4 December 2008
20 m awayRef 200805DD29459
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 8, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 201205DD04297 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 2012.