Serious A2022 crash in Bromley on 26 December 1981 at 17:20 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A2022 in Bromley at 17:20 on Saturday 26 December 1981. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Dec 1981
- Saturday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LQRED95
- Council area
- Bromley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2022
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198101LQRED95 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.