Serious A4036 crash in Dudley on 23 December 1986 at 18:06 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on the A4036 in Dudley at 18:06 on Tuesday 23 December 1986. The 19-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Serious
Date: 23 Dec 1986; Tuesday, 18:06
Vehicles: 2; Motorcycle and van
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000J3005
Council area: Dudley
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 4036
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 40 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Auto traffic signal
Second road class: A
Second road number: 458

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: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Changing lane to right
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
South West
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
19 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Waiting to turn right
Travelling from
South West
Travelling to
South East
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Serious
Male, aged 19, 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 19862000J3005 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.