Serious A571 crash in St. Helens on 20 December 2020 at 16:25 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A571 in St. Helens at 16:25 on Sunday 20 December 2020. The 15-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 Dec 2020
- Sunday, 16:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.45298, longitude -2.74312, in the WA10 postcode district and within the built-up area of St Helens. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Helens Town Centre, St. Helens, WA10 2JZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020052002648
- Council area
- St. Helens
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 571
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 September 2014.
Serious
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A570 in St. Helens, 1 September 2014
6 m awayRef 201405DD04387
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A571 in St. Helens, 21 July 2014
6 m awayRef 201405DD03798
Slight
Peugeot 308 crash on the A571 in St. Helens, 8 December 2017
8 m awayRef 2017051703036
Slight
Talbot Solara crash on the A58 in St. Helens, 9 December 1993
9 m awayRef 199305E101938
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover crash on the A571 in St. Helens, 11 November 2025
10 m awayRef 2025052502103
Slight
Car crash on the A571 in St. Helens, 7 November 2019
10 m awayRef 2019051912877
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 15, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- 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 2020052002648 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 2020.