A429 crash in Coventry on 28 December 1986 at 14:00 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A429 in Coventry at 14:00 on Sunday 28 December 1986. The 48-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity: Slight
Date: 28 Dec 1986; Sunday, 14:00
Vehicles: 2; Car and motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000M3965
Council area: Coventry
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 429
Road type: Roundabout
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class: A
Second road number: 4053

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 (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South West
Travelling to
North East
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
46 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
North East
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
48 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 48, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 19862000M3965 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Coventry road accident statistics for 1986.