Serious B4175 crash in Dudley on 22 December 1986 at 20:00 involving a van

A van crashed on the B4175 in Dudley at 20:00 on Monday 22 December 1986. A 21-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 22 Dec 1986; Monday, 20:00
Vehicles: 1; Van
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000J2987
Council area: Dudley
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 4175
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: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Frost or ice
Carriageway hazards: Other object in carriageway

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South West
Travelling to
North East
Skidding and overturning
Overturned
Hit object in carriageway
Kerb
Leaving the carriageway
Nearside and rebounded
Hit object off carriageway
Lamp post
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
30 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Serious
Female, aged 21, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 19862000J2987 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.