B4183 crash in Dudley on 24 December 1986 at 17:10 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B4183 in Dudley at 17:10 on Wednesday 24 December 1986. A 36-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 24 Dec 1986; Wednesday, 17:10
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000J3009
Council area: Dudley
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 4183
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
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: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South West
Travelling to
North East
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
17 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
South West
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
31 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Car passenger
Front seat passenger

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 19862000J3009 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.