B5205 crash in St. Helens on 15 December 2014 at 15:30 involving a Toyota Yaris
A Toyota Yaris hit a pedestrian on the B5205 in St. Helens at 15:30 on Monday 15 December 2014. A 14-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2014
- Monday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Toyota Yaris
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.50268, longitude -2.78378, in the WA11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rainford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rainford, St. Helens, WA11 8DB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in St. Helens
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014051400668
- Council area
- St. Helens
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5205
- 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
- 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 August 2025.
Serious
Toyota Corolla crash on the B5205 in St. Helens, 12 August 2025
2 m awayRef 2025052501524
Serious
Kia Sportage crash on the B5205 in St. Helens, 5 May 2022
5 m awayRef 2022052201095
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B5205 in St. Helens, 3 October 1996
9 m awayRef 1996050223114
Serious
Suzuki Vitara crash on the B5205 in St. Helens, 19 July 1999
12 m awayRef 1999050147436
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B5205 in St. Helens, 20 November 1998
12 m awayRef 1998050237595
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B5205 in St. Helens, 19 July 1999
12 m awayRef 1999050151543
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,329 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 2014051400668 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 2014.