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A222 crash in Bromley on 27 December 2002 at 19:40 involving a Dennis bus

A Dennis bus and an Aprilia motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A222 in Bromley at 19:40 on Friday 27 December 2002. An 18-year-old male passenger on the Aprilia motorcycle and the 18-year-old male rider of the Aprilia motorcycle were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Dec 2002
Friday, 19:40
Vehicles
2
Dennis and Aprilia
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41462, longitude 0.081, in the BR7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chislehurst, Bromley, BR7 6HF area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200201PY01302
Council area
Bromley
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
222
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
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 2 May 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    8,268 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Aprilia

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Aprilia)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Aprilia)

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 200201PY01302 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 2002.