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Serious A213 crash in Bromley on 9 April 1982 at 23:40 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A213 in Bromley at 23:40 on Friday 9 April 1982. The 20-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Apr 1982
Friday, 23:40
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40724, longitude -0.06257, in the SE20 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
1982010PR0238
Council area
Bromley
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
213
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 October 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, 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 1982010PR0238 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.