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A570 crash in St. Helens on 3 August 2013 at 23:04 involving a Mercedes 200

A Mercedes 200 and a Vauxhall Zafira taxi were involved in a crash on the A570 in St. Helens at 23:04 on Saturday 3 August 2013. A 33-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Mercedes 200 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Aug 2013
Saturday, 23:04
Vehicles
2
Mercedes 200 and Vauxhall Zafira
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.4557, longitude -2.74132, in the WA10 postcode district and within the built-up area of St Helens. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Helens Town Centre, St. Helens, WA10 2JZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in St. Helens

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201305DD03809
Council area
St. Helens
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
570
Road type
One way street
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
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
12%
Estimated chance it was slight
88%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 November 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 200

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    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
    72 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes 200)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 201305DD03809 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 2013.