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Fatal unclassified road crash in South Staffordshire WV10 on 24 May 1987 at 14:41 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in South Staffordshire at 14:41 on Sunday 24 May 1987. The 14-year-old male cyclist was killed, a 14-year-old male passenger on the bicycle was seriously injured and the 29-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
24 May 1987
Sunday, 14:41
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
3
1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.64297, longitude -2.09927, in the WV10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Featherstone.

Map of where the crash happened in South Staffordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987217200271
Council area
South Staffordshire
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a fatal crash on 7 November 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    14 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Fatal

    Male, aged 14, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 14, cyclist, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 1987217200271 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 1987.