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Serious A221 crash in Bexley on 3 December 1997 at 18:45 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and an Audi 80 were involved in a crash on the A221 in Bexley at 18:45 on Wednesday 3 December 1997. The 32-year-old male driver of the Audi 80 was seriously injured and a 27-year-old female passenger in the Audi 80 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Dec 1997
Wednesday, 18:45
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Audi 80
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44242, longitude 0.11836, in the DA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701RY00754
Council area
Bexley
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
221
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 September 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Audi 80

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi 80)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi 80)

    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 199701RY00754 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 1997.