Serious A461 crash in Sandwell on 23 December 1986 at 05:50 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A461 in Sandwell at 05:50 on Tuesday 23 December 1986. The 55-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

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

Severity: Serious
Date: 23 Dec 1986; Tuesday, 05:50
Vehicles: 2; Motorcycle and bicycle
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000K3606
Council area: Sandwell
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: 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: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
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
21 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South East
Travelling to
North East
First point of impact
Back
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
55 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Serious
Male, aged 55, 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 19862000K3606 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sandwell road accident statistics for 1986.