A461 crash in Walsall on 30 December 1986 at 07:23 involving a car

A car and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A461 in Walsall at 07:23 on Tuesday 30 December 1986. A 27-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach was slightly injured.

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

Severity: Slight
Date: 30 Dec 1986; Tuesday, 07:23
Vehicles: 2; Car and bus or coach
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000H2925
Council area: Walsall
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 461
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: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
South West
Travelling to
South East
First point of impact
Did not impact
Vehicle 2: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South West
Travelling to
North East
First point of impact
Did not impact
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
47 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 27, 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 19862000H2925 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.