Serious A21 crash in Bromley on 20 June 1982 at 00:42 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A21 in Bromley at 00:42 on Sunday 20 June 1982. The 24-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured and a 27-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 and the 20-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 Jun 1982
- Sunday, 00:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40715, longitude 0.01191, in the BR1 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
- 1982010PR0414
- Council area
- Bromley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 21
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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 18 July 2001.
Slight
Dennis crash on the A21 in Bromley, 18 July 2001
At the same spotRef 200101PY00762
Slight
Mercedes GLC Class crash on the A222 in Bromley, 1 June 2022
8 m awayRef 2022010379921
Slight
Honda NSC crash on the A21 in Bromley, 20 September 2025
9 m awayRef 2025010598911
Slight
Car crash on the A21 in Bromley, 9 July 1984
10 m awayRef 198401PR00427
Slight
Car crash on the A21 in Bromley, 24 June 1985
10 m awayRef 198501PR00387
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A21 in Bromley, 12 August 1999
14 m awayRef 199901PY01136
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, 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 1982010PR0414 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.