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A460 crash in Wolverhampton on 24 December 1988 at 16:45 involving a van

A van and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A460 in Wolverhampton at 16:45 on Saturday 24 December 1988. A 21-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 1988
Saturday, 16:45
Vehicles
2
Van and bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.60854, longitude -2.10333, in the WV10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wolverhampton.

Map of where the crash happened in Wolverhampton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19882000G2162
Council area
Wolverhampton
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
460
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 November 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

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 19882000G2162 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wolverhampton road accident statistics for 1988.