B5204 crash in St. Helens on 5 April 2014 at 12:00 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the B5204 in St. Helens at 12:00 on Saturday 5 April 2014. The 49-year-old female driver of the Ford KA, an 18-year-old female passenger in the Ford KA and the 26-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Apr 2014
- Saturday, 12:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford KA and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.43204, longitude -2.69012, in the WA9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bold & Lea Green, St. Helens, WA9 4SZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201405DD02274
- Council area
- St. Helens
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5204
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 51 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 September 2018.
Slight
Nissan Note crash on an unclassified road in St. Helens, 5 September 2018
51 m awayRef 2018051802090
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the B5204 in St. Helens, 1 July 2016
52 m awayRef 2016051602159
Slight
Nissan Note crash on the B5204 in St. Helens, 23 December 2020
53 m awayRef 2020052002662
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B5204 in St. Helens, 30 November 2021
55 m awayRef 2021052102679
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the B5204 in St. Helens, 5 August 2008
58 m awayRef 200805DD26944
Serious
Car crash on the B5204 in St. Helens, 17 October 2007
58 m awayRef 200705DD20738
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
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 201405DD02274 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.