A463 crash in Walsall on 22 December 1979 at 14:40 involving a bicycle

A vehicle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A463 in Walsall at 14:40 on Saturday 22 December 1979. The 13-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 22 Dec 1979; Saturday, 14:40
Vehicles: 2; Other vehicle and bicycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197920LMOIC70
Council area: Walsall
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 463
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Other vehicle
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
16 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Slight
Male, aged 13, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 197920LMOIC70 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Walsall road accident statistics for 1979.