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A21 crash in Bromley on 24 August 1997 at 16:09 involving a Dennis bus

A Dennis bus crashed on the A21 in Bromley at 16:09 on Sunday 24 August 1997. A male passenger aged under 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Aug 1997
Sunday, 16:09
Vehicles
1
Dennis
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36654, longitude 0.0515, in the BR6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701PY00855
Council area
Bromley
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
21
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
232

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 24 July 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    6,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged under 1, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)

    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 199701PY00855 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.