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Peasley Cross & Fingerpost, St. Helens, WA9 1JF area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 136 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Peasley Cross & Fingerpost ward, St. Helens, from 2001 to 2025, with 216 casualties. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 15 were serious.

In 2025 there were 6 collisions here, up from 4 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
136
6,094th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
216
1.59 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Collisions in 2025
6
4 in 2024

Crash severity at the WA9 1JF hotspot

17 of the 136 collisions here (13%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal21.5%
  • Serious1511%
  • Slight11988%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
2
Seriously injured
18
Slightly injured
196
All casualties
216

Accidents by year at the WA9 1JF hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 11 in 2015, against an average of 5.4 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the WA9 1JF hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202567
202447
202335
202234
202111
202049
20191015
2018514
201777
201622
20151114
2014610
201314
201266
201134
201048
200945
200844
20071119
20061019
2005710
2004810
200359
200267
2001516

Map of crashes at the WA9 1JF hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near WA9 1JF.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Peasley Cross & Fingerpost, St. Helens, WA9 1JF area accident hotspot

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the WA9 1JF hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.

Ward
Peasley Cross & Fingerpost
Council area
St. Helens
Nearest postcode to the centre
WA9 1JF
Postcode district
WA9
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.44513, -2.73455
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
28 November 2025
Rank by collisions
6,094th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the WA9 1JF hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A570, with 35 of 136, followed by the A58 with 35.

Collisions at the WA9 1JF hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA570356518
2ndA58355201
3rdA5802200
4thA5711100

Towns near the WA9 1JF hotspot

All 136 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of St Helens, St. Helens.

Accident hotspots near WA9 1JF

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Peasley Cross & Fingerpost, St. Helens, WA9 5AN area, 0.9 km away, with 294 collisions.

All 136 crashes at the WA9 1JF hotspot

Newest first, from 7 August 2001 to 28 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year