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Serious A41 crash in South Staffordshire on 12 January 1986 at 23:05 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on the A41 in South Staffordshire at 23:05 on Sunday 12 January 1986. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Jan 1986
Sunday, 23:05
Vehicles
2
Car and van
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61092, longitude -2.20316, in the WV8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Staffordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1986216200015
Council area
South Staffordshire
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
41
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 March 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

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 1986216200015 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Staffordshire road accident statistics for 1986.