A21 crash in Bromley on 31 December 1981 at 17:50 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach hit a pedestrian on the A21 in Bromley at 17:50 on Thursday 31 December 1981. A 19-year-old female pedestrian and a female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 31 Dec 1981; Thursday, 17:50
Vehicles: 1; Bus or coach
Casualties: 2; 2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LVRKD95
Council area: Bromley
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 21
Road type: Dual carriageway
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: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (2)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Female, aged 19, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
Pedestrian movement
In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
Casualty 2: Passenger
Slight
Female, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

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 198101LVRKD95 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.