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Serious A2000 crash in Bexley on 14 December 1992 at 00:30 involving a Leyland bus

A Leyland bus and a Mercedes 190 were involved in a crash on the A2000 in Bexley at 00:30 on Monday 14 December 1992. The 40-year-old male driver of the Leyland bus and the 29-year-old female driver of the Mercedes 190 were seriously 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
Serious
Date
14 Dec 1992
Monday, 00:30
Vehicles
2
Leyland and Mercedes 190
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46092, longitude 0.17882, in the DA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199201RY00826
Council area
Bexley
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2000
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 November 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes 190

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes 190)

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 199201RY00826 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 1992.