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A208 crash in Bromley on 28 October 2001 at 18:35 involving a Ford Granada

A Ford Granada and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A208 in Bromley at 18:35 on Sunday 28 October 2001. The 61-year-old male driver of the Ford Granada was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a muddy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Oct 2001
Sunday, 18:35
Vehicles
2
Ford Granada and lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38812, longitude 0.08914, in the BR5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Petts Wood & Knoll, Bromley, BR5 1LP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bromley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200101PY01036
Council area
Bromley
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
208
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
A
Second road number
208

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
Mud
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Mud

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 September 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Granada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    2,293 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Granada)

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 200101PY01036 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.