C road crash in Bromley BR3 on 10 December 1985 at 11:45 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on a C road in Bromley at 11:45 on Tuesday 10 December 1985. The 27-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was 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
- 10 Dec 1985
- Tuesday, 11:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3983, longitude -0.03851, in the BR3 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
- 198501PR00809
- 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 24 April 2007.
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on a C road in Bromley, 24 April 2007
10 m awayRef 200701PY62151
Slight
Renault Clio crash on a C road in Bromley, 15 March 2007
10 m awayRef 200701PY62055
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Bromley, 23 February 1985
22 m awayRef 198501PR00107
Slight
Piaggio Vespa crash on a C road in Bromley, 8 November 2023
25 m awayRef 2023010476759
Slight
Mercedes S Class crash on a C road in Bromley, 15 May 2014
32 m awayRef 201401PY20349
Serious
Lorry crash on a C road in Bromley, 5 November 1986
41 m awayRef 198601PR00719
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 27, 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 198501PR00809 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.