A454 crash in Walsall on 23 December 1986 at 17:15 involving a van

A van and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A454 in Walsall at 17:15 on Tuesday 23 December 1986. A 65-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach was slightly injured.

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

Severity: Slight
Date: 23 Dec 1986; Tuesday, 17:15
Vehicles: 2; Van and bus or coach
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000H2910
Council area: Walsall
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 454
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: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Did not impact
Vehicle 2: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
Manoeuvre
Slowing or stopping
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
East
First point of impact
Did not impact
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
55 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 65, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
Bus or coach passenger
Standing 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 19862000H2910 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.