C road crash in Bromley BR1 on 6 May 1988 at 17:10 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and two cars were involved in a crash on a C road in Bromley at 17:10 on Friday 6 May 1988. The 29-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and the 28-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 May 1988
- Friday, 17:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Motorcycle and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40911, longitude 0.02896, in the BR1 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
- 198801PR00264
- Council area
- Bromley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 June 1986.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Bromley, 13 June 1986
10 m awayRef 198601PR00368
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Bromley, 30 October 1988
20 m awayRef 198801PR00665
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on a C road in Bromley, 30 April 2025
30 m awayRef 2025010572442
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Bromley, 20 October 1984
32 m awayRef 198401PR00707
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Bromley, 31 July 1984
32 m awayRef 198401PR00487
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Bromley, 27 December 1988
32 m awayRef 198801PR00795
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
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 198801PR00264 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 1988.