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A569 crash in St. Helens on 19 December 2012 at 14:02 involving a Peugeot Bipper van

A Peugeot Bipper van and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A569 in St. Helens at 14:02 on Wednesday 19 December 2012. The 31-year-old male driver of the Peugeot Bipper van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Dec 2012
Wednesday, 14:02
Vehicles
2
Peugeot Bipper and Ford Transit
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.43964, longitude -2.72814, in the WA9 postcode district and within the built-up area of St Helens. It is one of the crashes that make up the Peasley Cross & Fingerpost, St. Helens, WA9 5AN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in St. Helens

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201205DD06518
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
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
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
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 July 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot Bipper

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,399 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    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
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    2,402 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot Bipper)

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 201205DD06518 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.