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Unclassified road crash in St. Helens WA11 on 13 March 2024 at 08:30 involving a BMW 1 Series

A BMW 1 Series and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in St. Helens at 08:30 on Wednesday 13 March 2024. The 33-year-old female driver of the BMW 1 Series, the 45-year-old female driver of the Nissan Qashqai and a 12-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Qashqai were slightly 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
Slight
Date
13 Mar 2024
Wednesday, 08:30
Vehicles
2
BMW 1 Series and Nissan Qashqai
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.50457, longitude -2.78391, in the WA11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rainford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rainford, St. Helens, WA11 8DB area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024052400596
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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
11%
Estimated chance it was slight
89%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 47 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 July 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Education and educational escort
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai

    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
    Journey purpose
    Education and educational escort
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,461 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

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 2024052400596 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 2024.