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A221 crash in Bexley on 8 November 1983 at 08:35 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A221 in Bexley at 08:35 on Tuesday 8 November 1983. The 19-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Nov 1983
Tuesday, 08:35
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45046, longitude 0.12133, in the DA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983010RY0857
Council area
Bexley
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
221
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 June 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, 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 1983010RY0857 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bexley road accident statistics for 1983.