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Serious A21 crash in Bromley on 22 November 1997 at 14:30 involving a Harley-Davidson motorcycle

A car and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A21 in Bromley at 14:30 on Saturday 22 November 1997. The 38-year-old male rider of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Nov 1997
Saturday, 14:30
Vehicles
2
Car and Harley-Davidson
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37466, longitude 0.04468, in the BR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley.

Map of where the crash happened in Bromley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701PY01265
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 8 January 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 2: Harley-Davidson

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    883 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Harley-Davidson)

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 199701PY01265 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.