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A234 crash in Bromley on 11 March 1998 at 19:00 involving a Volkswagen Corrado

A Volkswagen Corrado and a London Taxis Int. TX1 were involved in a crash on the A234 in Bromley at 19:00 on Wednesday 11 March 1998. The 34-year-old male driver of the London Taxis Int. TX1, a male passenger in the London Taxis Int. TX1 and a male passenger in the London Taxis Int. TX1 were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Mar 1998
Wednesday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Corrado and London Taxis Int. TX1
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40916, longitude -0.04293, in the BR3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801PY00296
Council area
Bromley
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
234
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
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 April 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Corrado

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: London Taxis Int. TX1

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    2,664 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (London Taxis Int. TX1)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (London Taxis Int. TX1)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (London Taxis Int. TX1)

    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 199801PY00296 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 1998.