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Serious unclassified road crash in St. Helens WA9 on 6 December 2025 at 00:30 involving a Ford Focus taxi

A Ford Focus taxi hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in St. Helens at 00:30 on Saturday 6 December 2025. A 61-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet road with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Dec 2025
Saturday, 00:30
Vehicles
1
Ford Focus
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.44702, longitude -2.7251, in the WA9 postcode district and within the built-up area of St Helens. It is one of the crashes that make up the Peasley Cross & Fingerpost, St. Helens, WA9 1AX area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025052502335
Council area
St. Helens
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, 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, 72 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 April 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Taxi or private hire car

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 61, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from home
    5 to 10 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 2025052502335 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 2025.