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A2 crash in Bexley on 4 April 1987 at 17:10 involving a car

A car crashed on the A2 in Bexley at 17:10 on Saturday 4 April 1987. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Apr 1987
Saturday, 17:10
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44724, longitude 0.15471, in the DA5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bexley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198701RY00224
Council area
Bexley
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
223

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 March 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198701RY00224 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bexley road accident statistics for 1987.