A491 crash in Sandwell on 29 December 1986 at 15:35 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A491 in Sandwell at 15:35 on Monday 29 December 1986. The 28-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 29 Dec 1986; Monday, 15:35
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000K3652
Council area: Sandwell
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 491
Road type: One way street or slip road
Speed limit: 40 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class: A
Second road number: 491

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: Footbridge or subway

Environmental conditions

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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
South East
First point of impact
Front
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
South East
Hit object in carriageway
Kerb
Leaving the carriageway
Offside and rebounded
Hit object off carriageway
Other permanent object
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
28 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 19862000K3652 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.