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Serious A222 crash in Bromley on 16 December 1984 at 18:00 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A222 in Bromley at 18:00 on Sunday 16 December 1984. The 19-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Dec 1984
Sunday, 18:00
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40172, longitude 0.05063, 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
198401PR00897
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 September 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, 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 198401PR00897 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 1984.