A214 crash in Bromley on 11 December 1987 at 22:50 involving a car
A car and a van were involved in a crash on the A214 in Bromley at 22:50 on Friday 11 December 1987. The 22-year-old female driver of the van and a 23-year-old male passenger in the van were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Dec 1987
- Friday, 22:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and van
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40726, longitude -0.05854, in the SE20 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
- 198701PR00744
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 March 2014.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A214 in Bromley, 13 March 2014
10 m awayRef 201401PY20133
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A214 in Bromley, 10 June 2002
14 m awayRef 200201PY00573
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the A214 in Bromley, 7 December 2022
21 m awayRef 2022010414877
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A214 in Bromley, 9 October 1998
22 m awayRef 199801PY01017
Slight
Car crash on the A214 in Bromley, 5 October 1983
28 m awayRef 1983010PR0669
Slight
Van crash on the A214 in Bromley, 24 March 1985
45 m awayRef 198501PR00172
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
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 23, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)
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 198701PR00744 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.