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Unclassified road crash in St. Helens WA10 on 7 December 2016 at 07:00 involving a Citroen C3

A Citroen C3 and a Ford Puma were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in St. Helens at 07:00 on Wednesday 7 December 2016. The 28-year-old male driver of the Ford Puma and the 29-year-old female driver of the Citroen C3 were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Dec 2016
Wednesday, 07:00
Vehicles
2
Citroen C3 and Ford Puma
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46711, longitude -2.74283, in the WA10 postcode district and within the built-up area of St Helens. It is one of the crashes that make up the Windle, St. Helens, WA10 6WA area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016051603879
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
T or staggered junction
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
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
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 June 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen C3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Puma

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,679 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Puma)

    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C3)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

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 2016051603879 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 2016.