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M62 crash in St. Helens on 23 July 2018 at 22:15 involving a Jeep Cherokee

A bus or coach and a Jeep Cherokee were involved in a crash on the M62 in St. Helens at 22:15 on Monday 23 July 2018. A 61-year-old female passenger in the Jeep Cherokee was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Jul 2018
Monday, 22:15
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and Jeep Cherokee
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40065, longitude -2.7762, in the WA8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whiston and Cronton, Knowsley, L35 3AE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in St. Helens

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018051801718
Council area
St. Helens
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
62
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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, no street lighting
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
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 March 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No

  • Vehicle 2: Jeep Cherokee

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    3,956 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Jeep Cherokee)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2018051801718 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 2018.