Serious A223 crash in Bromley on 27 December 1979 at 00:15 involving a car

A car crashed on the A223 in Bromley at 00:15 on Thursday 27 December 1979. The 19-year-old male driver was seriously injured and a 19-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 27 Dec 1979; Thursday, 00:15
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 2; 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LRADD93
Council area: Bromley
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 223
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
19 years

Casualties (2)

Casualty 1: Driver
Serious
Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
Slight
Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Car passenger
Front seat passenger

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 197901LRADD93 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bromley road accident statistics for 1979.