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Serious A211 crash in Bexley on 3 January 1996 at 19:50 involving a Mercedes minibus

A Mercedes minibus and a car were involved in a crash on the A211 in Bexley at 19:50 on Wednesday 3 January 1996. All four casualties were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Jan 1996
Wednesday, 19:50
Vehicles
2
Mercedes and car
Casualties
4
4 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42188, longitude 0.11051, in the DA14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199601RY00002
Council area
Bexley
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
211
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 June 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    3,972 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 10, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 13, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 12, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 199601RY00002 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 1996.