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Serious A20 crash in Bexley on 1 August 1989 at 14:26 involving a lorry

A lorry and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A20 in Bexley at 14:26 on Tuesday 1 August 1989. A 46-year-old male passenger in the other vehicle was seriously injured and the 36-year-old male driver of the other vehicle and a 23-year-old male passenger in the lorry were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Aug 1989
Tuesday, 14:26
Vehicles
2
Lorry and other vehicle
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43068, longitude 0.08113, in the DA14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bexley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198901RY00536
Council area
Bexley
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
20
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 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 fatal crash on 30 October 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 46, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

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 198901RY00536 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 1989.