Unclassified road crash in Walsall on 22 December 1986 at 13:20 involving a van

A van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Walsall at 13:20 on Monday 22 December 1986. The 37-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

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

Severity: Slight
Date: 22 Dec 1986; Monday, 13:20
Vehicles: 2; Van and bicycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000H2885
Council area: Walsall
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: Give way or uncontrolled
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: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
North West
Travelling to
South West
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
21 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Waiting to turn right
Travelling from
South West
Travelling to
South East
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
37 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Slight
Male, aged 37, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 19862000H2885 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.