A4100 crash in Dudley on 30 December 1986 at 17:40 involving a van

A van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A4100 in Dudley at 17:40 on Tuesday 30 December 1986. The 14-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity: Slight
Date: 30 Dec 1986; Tuesday, 17:40
Vehicles: 2; Van and bicycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000J3034
Council area: Dudley
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 4100
Road type: Roundabout
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres
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: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
North West
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
23 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North West
Travelling to
South
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
14 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Slight
Male, aged 14, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 19862000J3034 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.