Unclassified road crash in Dudley on 26 December 1986 at 17:45 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Dudley at 17:45 on Friday 26 December 1986. The 29-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

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

Severity: Slight
Date: 26 Dec 1986; Friday, 17:45
Vehicles: 2; Car and motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000J3017
Council area: Dudley
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
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: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Slowing or stopping
Travelling from
South West
Travelling to
North East
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
33 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
South West
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
29 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 29, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 19862000J3017 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.