Serious A4123 crash in Dudley on 24 December 1979 at 06:15 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4123 in Dudley at 06:15 on Monday 24 December 1979. The 23-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Serious
Date: 24 Dec 1979; Monday, 06:15
Vehicles: 2; Bus or coach and motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197920LOGDC30
Council area: Dudley
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 4123
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 40 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Auto traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
31 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
23 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Serious
Male, aged 23, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 197920LOGDC30 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dudley road accident statistics for 1979.