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Serious A20 crash in Bromley on 27 August 1996 at 07:09 involving a Volvo van

A Volvo van and a van were involved in a crash on the A20 in Bromley at 07:09 on Tuesday 27 August 1996. The 54-year-old male driver of the Volvo van was seriously injured and a 53-year-old female passenger in the Volvo van was 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
27 Aug 1996
Tuesday, 07:09
Vehicles
2
Volvo and van
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41184, longitude 0.11882, in the DA14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bromley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199601PY00758
Council area
Bromley
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
20
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 December 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 54, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 199601PY00758 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 1996.