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Serious B251 crash in Bromley on 26 November 1996 at 22:45 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf crashed on the B251 in Bromley at 22:45 on Tuesday 26 November 1996. A 23-year-old female passenger was 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
26 Nov 1996
Tuesday, 22:45
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37863, longitude 0.0075, in the BR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199601PY01147
Council area
Bromley
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
251
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
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 31 May 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,780 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    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 199601PY01147 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.