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A20 crash in Bexley on 23 November 1985 at 17:25 involving a van

A van and four cars were involved in a crash on the A20 in Bexley at 17:25 on Saturday 23 November 1985. All six casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Nov 1985
Saturday, 17:25
Vehicles
5
Van and 4 others
Casualties
6
6 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42184, longitude 0.09267, in the DA14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bexley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198501RY00908
Council area
Bexley
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
20
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 July 1992.

Vehicles involved (5)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

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

  • Vehicle 5: Car

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

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 5 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 5 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 198501RY00908 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bexley road accident statistics for 1985.