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Serious unclassified road crash in Bromley TN16 on 31 May 1986 at 18:45 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bromley at 18:45 on Saturday 31 May 1986. The 8-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 May 1986
Saturday, 18:45
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.30979, longitude 0.02601, in the TN16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley.

Map of where the crash happened in Bromley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198601PN00300
Council area
Bromley
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 October 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 8, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 198601PN00300 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 1986.