C road crash in Bromley BR1 on 27 August 1985 at 18:10 involving a van
A van and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in Bromley at 18:10 on Tuesday 27 August 1985. The 38-year-old male driver of the van and the 53-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Aug 1985
- Tuesday, 18:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41027, longitude 0.02959, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198501PR00535
- Council area
- Bromley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 May 1998.
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Bromley, 19 May 1998
10 m awayRef 199801PY00499
Serious
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Bromley, 19 April 1982
14 m awayRef 1982010PR0262
Slight
Volkswagen Jetta crash on a C road in Bromley, 27 April 1993
22 m awayRef 199301PR00221
Serious
Smart Fortwo crash on a C road in Bromley, 22 March 2023
31 m awayRef 2023010433511
Slight
Suzuki SJ crash on a C road in Bromley, 11 May 1994
32 m awayRef 199401PR00254
Slight
Mercedes CLK Class crash on a C road in Bromley, 6 February 2018
60 m awayRef 2018010088426
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 53, 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 198501PR00535 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.