Serious A21 crash in Bromley on 31 July 1985 at 23:35 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A21 in Bromley at 23:35 on Wednesday 31 July 1985. The 17-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 31 Jul 1985
- Wednesday, 23:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40979, longitude 0.01044, in the BR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198501PR00486
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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 8 May 1994.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A21 in Bromley, 8 May 1994
At the same spotRef 199401PR00261
Slight
Car crash on the A21 in Bromley, 24 December 1987
At the same spotRef 198701PR00784
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A21 in Bromley, 22 August 1986
At the same spotRef 198601PR00529
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A21 in Bromley, 5 March 2025
9 m awayRef 2025010562366
Slight
Bus crash on the A21 in Bromley, 19 November 2015
10 m awayRef 201501PY20800
Slight
Van crash on the A21 in Bromley, 19 June 1992
10 m awayRef 199201PR00347
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousFemale, aged 17, 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 198501PR00486 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.