A222 crash in Bexley on 21 April 1998 at 07:10 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and an Austin Montego were involved in a crash on the A222 in Bexley at 07:10 on Tuesday 21 April 1998. The 25-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Apr 1998
- Tuesday, 07:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Austin Montego
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43552, longitude 0.10207, in the DA15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199801RY00231
- Council area
- Bexley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 222
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 222
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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 21 March 1989.
Slight
Car crash on the A222 in Bexley, 21 March 1989
At the same spotRef 198901RY00215
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A222 in Bexley, 5 November 1998
At the same spotRef 199801RY00654
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A222 in Bexley, 11 August 1988
At the same spotRef 198801RY00554
Slight
MG Metro crash on the A222 in Bexley, 18 June 1991
At the same spotRef 199101RY00334
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A222 in Bexley, 19 December 2025
5 m awayRef 2025010616451
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A222 in Bexley, 2 October 2022
7 m awayRef 2022010402328
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 957 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Austin Montego
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 199801RY00231 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 1998.