Unclassified road crash in Dudley on 31 December 1986 at 15:15 involving a car

A car and a lorry were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Dudley at 15:15 on Wednesday 31 December 1986. A 17-year-old male pedestrian hit by the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 31 Dec 1986; Wednesday, 15:15
Vehicles: 2; Car and lorry
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000J3036
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: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class: B
Second road number: 4587

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning left
Travelling from
South West
Travelling to
North West
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
19 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Waiting to go ahead
Travelling from
South East
Travelling to
North West
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
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 19862000J3036 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.