Unclassified road crash in Wolverhampton on 25 December 1986 at 01:30 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wolverhampton at 01:30 on Thursday 25 December 1986. A 21-year-old female passenger in the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity: Slight
Date: 25 Dec 1986; Thursday, 01:30
Vehicles: 2; Motorcycle and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000G3219
Council area: Wolverhampton
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Using private drive or entrance
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: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
South East
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
30 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
South
First point of impact
Back
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
24 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Car passenger
Front 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 19862000G3219 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.