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B2186 crash in Bexley on 12 September 1998 at 19:40 involving a Vauxhall Vectra

A Vauxhall Vectra and a taxi were involved in a crash on the B2186 in Bexley at 19:40 on Saturday 12 September 1998. A 55-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Vectra and the 55-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vectra were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Sep 1998
Saturday, 19:40
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Vectra and taxi
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45174, longitude 0.17881, in the DA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley.

Map of where the crash happened in Bexley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801RY00536
Council area
Bexley
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2186
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 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
2000

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 8 January 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,799 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)

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 199801RY00536 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.