A214 crash in Bromley on 31 May 1987 at 22:50 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A214 in Bromley at 22:50 on Sunday 31 May 1987. The 18-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 May 1987
- Sunday, 22:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38369, longitude -0.02016, in the BR3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198701PR00331
- Council area
- Bromley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 214
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 July 2011.
Slight
Mercedes CLC Class crash on the A214 in Bromley, 15 July 2011
10 m awayRef 201101TB01141
Slight
Car crash on the A214 in Bromley, 11 February 1986
14 m awayRef 198601PR00085
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A214 in Bromley, 4 March 2023
19 m awayRef 2023010430417
Serious
Car crash on the A214 in Bromley, 28 June 1985
22 m awayRef 198501PR00411
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A214 in Bromley, 14 December 2011
50 m awayRef 201101PY20646
Slight
Car crash on the A214 in Bromley, 17 July 2006
58 m awayRef 200601PY20444
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, 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 198701PR00331 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.