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Fatal A21 crash in Bromley on 7 November 1987 at 11:30 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A21 in Bromley at 11:30 on Saturday 7 November 1987. A 21-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was killed, a 52-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was seriously injured and the 21-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
7 Nov 1987
Saturday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35775, longitude 0.08587, in the BR6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bromley

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198701PN00567
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
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
Daylight
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 11 August 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, 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 198701PN00567 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 1987.