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A208 crash in Bromley on 12 September 1997 at 11:55 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on the A208 in Bromley at 11:55 on Friday 12 September 1997. The 51-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Sep 1997
Friday, 11:55
Vehicles
2
Car and van
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41962, longitude 0.06582, in the BR7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley.

Map of where the crash happened in Bromley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701PY00946
Council area
Bromley
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
208
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North West
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    76 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 199701PY00946 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.