Serious A34 crash in Sandwell on 24 December 1986 at 10:52 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A34 in Sandwell at 10:52 on Wednesday 24 December 1986. An 84-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 24 Dec 1986; Wednesday, 10:52
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000K3622
Council area: Sandwell
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 34
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 40 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

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

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Serious
Female, aged 84, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
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 19862000K3622 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.