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Serious A2016 crash in Bexley on 15 June 1998 at 21:01 involving a BMW M5

A BMW M5 crashed on the A2016 in Bexley at 21:01 on Monday 15 June 1998. The 28-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 50 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Jun 1998
Monday, 21:01
Vehicles
1
BMW M5
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49774, longitude 0.15695, in the DA17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bexley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801RY00367
Council area
Bexley
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2016
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
2016

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 21 November 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW M5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    3,430 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW M5)

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 199801RY00367 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.