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Fatal A21 crash in Bromley on 15 June 1997 at 15:00 involving a Honda Acty van

A Honda Acty van, another vehicle and a Volkswagen Beetle were involved in a crash on the A21 in Bromley at 15:00 on Sunday 15 June 1997. The 48-year-old male driver of the Honda Acty van was killed, a 21-year-old male passenger in the other vehicle was seriously injured and the 25-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Beetle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
15 Jun 1997
Sunday, 15:00
Vehicles
3
Honda Acty and 2 others
Casualties
3
1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34461, longitude 0.11155, in the BR6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bromley

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701PY00566
Council area
Bromley
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
21
Road type
Single 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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 26 April 1997.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Acty

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    545 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

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

  • Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Beetle

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 48, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Acty)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Beetle)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

    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 199701PY00566 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 1997.