A232 crash in Bromley on 25 December 1981 at 22:00 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A232 in Bromley at 22:00 on Friday 25 December 1981. The 70-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet road with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 25 Dec 1981; Friday, 22:00
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LPWAD98
Council area: Bromley
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 232
Speed limit: 40 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 (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
65 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Parked

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 70, 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 198101LPWAD98 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 1981.