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A207 crash in Bexley on 6 October 1987 at 12:25 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the A207 in Bexley at 12:25 on Tuesday 6 October 1987. A 63-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Oct 1987
Tuesday, 12:25
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45666, longitude 0.14608, in the DA6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198701RY00731
Council area
Bexley
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
207
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 February 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 63, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing 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 198701RY00731 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.