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Serious B5413 crash in St. Helens on 5 October 2014 at 14:20 involving a Citroen Xsara

A Citroen Xsara hit a pedestrian on the B5413 in St. Helens at 14:20 on Sunday 5 October 2014. A 14-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Oct 2014
Sunday, 14:20
Vehicles
1
Citroen Xsara
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.43834, longitude -2.75913, in the WA10 postcode district and within the built-up area of St Helens. It is one of the crashes that make up the West Park, St. Helens, WA10 3ER area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in St. Helens

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201405DD04814
Council area
St. Helens
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5413
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 10 July 2013.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Xsara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Citroen Xsara)

    Pedestrian location
    On refuge, central island or central reservation
    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 201405DD04814 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.