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Fatal A207 crash in Bexley on 1 November 1990 at 21:55 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort crashed on the A207 in Bexley at 21:55 on Thursday 1 November 1990. An 18-year-old male passenger and an 82-year-old female passenger were killed, one other person was seriously injured and one was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
1 Nov 1990
Thursday, 21:55
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
4
2 killed, 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46096, longitude 0.11764, in the DA16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199001RY00801
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
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 November 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199001RY00801 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 1990.