Serious B265 crash in Bromley on 14 February 1982 at 01:30 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B265 in Bromley at 01:30 on Sunday 14 February 1982. The 24-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Feb 1982
- Sunday, 01:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39212, longitude 0.01801, in the BR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley.
Map of where the crash happened in Bromley
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1982010PR0093
- Council area
- Bromley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 265
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 2212
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 January 2013.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B265 in Bromley, 12 January 2013
At the same spotRef 201301PY20059
Serious
Car crash on the B265 in Bromley, 24 February 1988
At the same spotRef 198801PR00130
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the B265 in Bromley, 8 September 2021
7 m awayRef 2021010329870
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the B265 in Bromley, 13 February 2019
8 m awayRef 2019010163193
Slight
Van crash on the B265 in Bromley, 13 July 1985
10 m awayRef 198501PR00451
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B265 in Bromley, 12 July 1996
10 m awayRef 199601PY00622
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 24, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 1982010PR0093 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 1982.