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Serious A224 crash in Bromley on 11 October 2001 at 15:45 involving a Ford Escort van

A Ford Escort van hit a pedestrian on the A224 in Bromley at 15:45 on Thursday 11 October 2001. A 12-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Oct 2001
Thursday, 15:45
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3804, longitude 0.10848, in the BR6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Mary Cray, Bromley, BR5 4JT area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200101PY00949
Council area
Bromley
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
224
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 200101PY00949 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 2001.