Unclassified road crash in Wolverhampton on 31 December 1986 at 11:30 involving a van

A van crashed on an unclassified road in Wolverhampton at 11:30 on Wednesday 31 December 1986. A 26-year-old male passenger and a 2-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 31 Dec 1986; Wednesday, 11:30
Vehicles: 1; Van
Casualties: 2; 2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000G3239
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: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Stop sign
Second road class: Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North West
Travelling to
South East
Hit object in carriageway
Kerb
Leaving the carriageway
Nearside
Hit object off carriageway
Telegraph or electricity pole
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
21 years

Casualties (2)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Male, aged 26, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)
Casualty 2: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 2, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 19862000G3239 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.