Serious unclassified road crash in Coventry on 28 December 1986 at 20:50 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Coventry at 20:50 on Sunday 28 December 1986. The 22-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity: Serious
Date: 28 Dec 1986; Sunday, 20:50
Vehicles: 2; Car and motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000M3966
Council area: Coventry
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 40 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Using private drive or entrance
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class: Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards: Other object in carriageway

Vehicles involved (2)

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

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Serious
Male, aged 22, 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 19862000M3966 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.