Unclassified road crash in Sandwell on 23 December 1986 at 16:34 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell at 16:34 on Tuesday 23 December 1986. A 15-year-old female pedestrian hit by the van was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 23 Dec 1986; Tuesday, 16:34
Vehicles: 2; Car and van
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000K3614
Council area: Sandwell
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Road type: One way street or slip road
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Auto traffic signal
Second road class: Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning left
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
South East
First point of impact
Did not impact
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
South West
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
21 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Female, aged 15, hit by vehicle 2 (Van)
Pedestrian location
Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
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 19862000K3614 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.