A41 crash in Wolverhampton on 24 December 1986 at 19:08 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A41 in Wolverhampton at 19:08 on Wednesday 24 December 1986. The 32-year-old male driver of vehicle 1, a 22-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 and a 25-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Dec 1986
- Wednesday, 19:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19862000G3208
- Council area
- Wolverhampton
- Police force
- West Midlands
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 41
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 19862000G3208 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.