A491 crash in Dudley on 20 December 1986 at 14:20 involving a car

A car hit two pedestrians on the A491 in Dudley at 14:20 on Saturday 20 December 1986. A 12-year-old female pedestrian and a 12-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 20 Dec 1986; Saturday, 14:20
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 2; 2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000J2981
Council area: Dudley
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 491
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Auto traffic signal
Second road class: A
Second road number: 4101

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning left
Travelling from
South East
Travelling to
South West
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (2)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Female, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Pedestrian location
Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
Pedestrian movement
Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
Slight
Female, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Pedestrian location
Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
Pedestrian movement
Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 19862000J2981 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dudley road accident statistics for 1986.