Serious A44 crash in Worcester on 17 December 1986 at 20:02 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A44 in Worcester at 20:02 on Wednesday 17 December 1986. An 82-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Serious
Date: 17 Dec 1986; Wednesday, 20:02
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986220312052
Council area: Worcester
Police force: West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 44
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Auto traffic signal
Second road class: Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, lighting unknown
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North West
Travelling to
South East
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
41 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Serious
Male, aged 82, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Pedestrian location
Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
Pedestrian movement
Crossing from driver's offside

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 1986220312052 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Worcester road accident statistics for 1986.