A461 crash in Dudley on 23 December 1986 at 20:35 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A461 in Dudley at 20:35 on Tuesday 23 December 1986. The 23-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 23 Dec 1986; Tuesday, 20:35
Vehicles: 2; Car and bicycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000J2999
Council area: Dudley
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: Crossroads
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: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning left
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
South East
First point of impact
Back
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
21 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
South West
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
23 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Slight
Male, aged 23, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 19862000J2999 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.