B4171 crash in Dudley on 23 December 1986 at 11:10 involving a van

A van hit a pedestrian on the B4171 in Dudley at 11:10 on Tuesday 23 December 1986. A 74-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity: Slight
Date: 23 Dec 1986; Tuesday, 11:10
Vehicles: 1; Van
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000J3006
Council area: Dudley
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 4171
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
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: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North
Travelling to
South
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
37 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Female, aged 74, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)
Pedestrian location
In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
Pedestrian movement
Crossing from driver's nearside

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 19862000J3006 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.