A41 crash in Wolverhampton on 20 December 1986 at 22:20 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A41 in Wolverhampton at 22:20 on Saturday 20 December 1986. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 20 Dec 1986; Saturday, 22:20
Vehicles: 2; Car and motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000G3146
Council area: Wolverhampton
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 41
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
South East
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
24 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South East
Travelling to
North West
Skidding and overturning
Overturned
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
17 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), 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 19862000G3146 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wolverhampton road accident statistics for 1986.