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A224 crash in Bromley on 24 December 1985 at 16:25 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A224 in Bromley at 16:25 on Tuesday 24 December 1985. A 19-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1, a 19-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 and the 19-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 1985
Tuesday, 16:25
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3879, longitude 0.10938, in the BR5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley.

Map of where the crash happened in Bromley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198501PN00719
Council area
Bromley
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
224
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 February 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, 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 198501PN00719 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 1985.