Unclassified road crash in St. Helens WA9 on 24 December 2012 at 16:30 involving a Renault Scenic
A Renault Scenic hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in St. Helens at 16:30 on Monday 24 December 2012. A 23-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Dec 2012
- Monday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Scenic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.44609, longitude -2.68714, in the WA9 postcode district and within the built-up area of St Helens. It is one of the crashes that make up the Parr, St. Helens, WA9 2NU area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201205DD06626
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 February 1983.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in St. Helens, 17 February 1983
20 m awayRef 198305E100182
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in St. Helens, 1 August 1980
20 m awayRef 198005L100862
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in St. Helens, 22 June 2007
36 m awayRef 200705DD18300
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in St. Helens, 3 November 2007
36 m awayRef 200705DD20955
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in St. Helens, 17 March 1980
36 m awayRef 198005L100314
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in St. Helens, 30 January 2006
42 m awayRef 200605DD05117
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Scenic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 23, hit by vehicle 1 (Renault Scenic)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
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 201205DD06626 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.