A4031 crash in Walsall on 23 December 1986 at 18:50 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A4031 in Walsall at 18:50 on Tuesday 23 December 1986. A 21-year-old male pedestrian hit by the bicycle was slightly injured.

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

Severity: Slight
Date: 23 Dec 1986; Tuesday, 18:50
Vehicles: 2; Car and bicycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000H2862
Council area: Walsall
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 4031
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: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
South East
Travelling to
North East
First point of impact
Front
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North West
Travelling to
South East
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
21 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 21, hit by vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
Pedestrian location
In carriageway, not crossing
Pedestrian movement
Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 19862000H2862 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Walsall road accident statistics for 1986.