Unclassified road crash in Sandwell on 26 December 1986 at 23:00 involving a van

A van hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Sandwell at 23:00 on Friday 26 December 1986. A 42-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 26 Dec 1986; Friday, 23:00
Vehicles: 1; Van
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000K3643
Council area: Sandwell
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 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: Dark, street lights lit
Road surface: Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards: Other object in carriageway

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South East
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
66 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 42, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)
Pedestrian location
In carriageway, not crossing
Pedestrian movement
In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 19862000K3643 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.