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A234 crash in Bromley on 24 March 2000 at 07:45 involving a Piaggio Vespa motorcycle

A Piaggio Vespa motorcycle and a Nissan 300 were involved in a crash on the A234 in Bromley at 07:45 on Friday 24 March 2000. The 33-year-old male rider of the Piaggio Vespa motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Mar 2000
Friday, 07:45
Vehicles
2
Piaggio Vespa and Nissan 300
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40968, longitude -0.04504, in the BR3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley.

Map of where the crash happened in Bromley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200001PY00268
Council area
Bromley
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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 serious injury crash on 23 March 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Piaggio Vespa

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan 300

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    2,960 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio Vespa)

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 200001PY00268 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 2000.