Serious A461 crash in Dudley on 28 December 1986 at 13:22 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A461 in Dudley at 13:22 on Sunday 28 December 1986. The 39-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 28 Dec 1986; Sunday, 13:22
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000J3024
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: Not at junction or within 20 metres

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 (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Reversing
Travelling from
South West
Travelling to
North East
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
39 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South West
Travelling to
North East
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
27 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Serious
Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 19862000J3024 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.