A222 crash in Bromley on 18 March 1983 at 16:40 involving a car
Three cars were involved in a crash on the A222 in Bromley at 16:40 on Friday 18 March 1983. The 28-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 62-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Mar 1983
- Friday, 16:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41642, longitude 0.08911, in the BR7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1983010PM0125
- Council area
- Bromley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 222
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 October 2014.
Slight
Car crash on the A222 in Bromley, 2 October 2014
22 m awayRef 201401PY20788
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A222 in Bromley, 3 May 1995
22 m awayRef 199501PY00390
Slight
Car crash on the A222 in Bromley, 4 November 1989
22 m awayRef 198901PN00594
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A222 in Bromley, 30 September 2024
26 m awayRef 2024010535116
Serious
Alfa Romeo Alfasud crash on the A222 in Bromley, 18 April 1992
32 m awayRef 199201PN00156
Slight
Ford Puma crash on the A222 in Bromley, 10 October 2025
37 m awayRef 2025010602872
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Bus stop or bus shelter
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 62, 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 1983010PM0125 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 1983.