A454 crash in Walsall on 31 December 1986 at 12:47 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A454 in Walsall at 12:47 on Wednesday 31 December 1986. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 31 Dec 1986; Wednesday, 12:47
Vehicles: 2; Motorcycle and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000H2922
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: Not at junction or within 20 metres

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 (2)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South West
Travelling to
North East
Hit object in carriageway
Parked vehicle
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
17 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Parked
Travelling from
Parked
Travelling to
Parked
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
60 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 19862000H2922 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.