Serious M5 crash in Sandwell on 25 December 1986 at 11:37 involving a car

A car crashed on the M5 in Sandwell at 11:37 on Thursday 25 December 1986. The 36-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 25 Dec 1986; Thursday, 11:37
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000K3639
Council area: Sandwell
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: Motorway
First road number: 5
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 70 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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
North
Travelling to
South West
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Leaving the carriageway
Nearside
Hit object off carriageway
Nearside or offside crash barrier
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
36 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Serious
Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 19862000K3639 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.