A214 crash in Bromley on 30 December 1987 at 19:40 involving a car
Four cars were involved in a crash on the A214 in Bromley at 19:40 on Wednesday 30 December 1987. The 22-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and an 18-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 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
- 30 Dec 1987
- Wednesday, 19:40
- Vehicles
- 4
- Car and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39161, longitude -0.03146, in the BR3 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
- 198701PR00788
- 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 July 2019.
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A214 in Bromley, 6 July 2019, ref 2019010191903
5 m awayRef 2019010191903
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A214 in Bromley, 21 February 2020
6 m awayRef 2020010237830
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A214 in Bromley, 11 December 2001
10 m awayRef 200101PY01189
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the A214 in Bromley, 11 December 2008
14 m awayRef 200801PY20713
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A214 in Bromley, 7 February 1997
14 m awayRef 199701PY00138
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A214 in Bromley, 6 July 2019, ref 2019010192008
17 m awayRef 2019010192008
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 198701PR00788 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.