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Serious A207 crash in Bexley on 2 September 1998 at 20:45 involving a Rover 100 Series

A Rover 100 Series and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A207 in Bexley at 20:45 on Wednesday 2 September 1998. The 58-year-old female driver of the Rover 100 Series was seriously injured and an 18-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra and an 18-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Sep 1998
Wednesday, 20:45
Vehicles
2
Rover 100 Series and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46108, longitude 0.11592, in the DA16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801RY00538
Council area
Bexley
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
207
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
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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 5 November 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 100 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,120 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 100 Series)

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 199801RY00538 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.