A21 crash in Bromley on 30 March 2003 at 15:20 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra and a Saab 9-3 were involved in a crash on the A21 in Bromley at 15:20 on Sunday 30 March 2003. The 56-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vectra, the 36-year-old male driver of the Saab 9-3 and a female passenger in the Saab 9-3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Mar 2003
- Sunday, 15:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vectra and Saab 9-3
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34456, longitude 0.11129, in the BR6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Darwin, Bromley, BR6 7LT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bromley
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200301PY00226
- Council area
- Bromley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 21
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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 slight injury crash on 31 August 2015.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A21 in Bromley, 31 August 2015
At the same spotRef 201501PY20616
Slight
Car crash on the A21 in Bromley, 26 August 2019
9 m awayRef 2019010201639
Slight
Leyland DAF Fad 85 crash on the A21 in Bromley, 19 April 1999
10 m awayRef 199901PY00571
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A21 in Bromley, 31 March 2014
10 m awayRef 201401PY20198
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A21 in Bromley, 22 October 2020
11 m awayRef 2020010275257
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A21 in Bromley, 26 August 1992
14 m awayRef 199201PN00349
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Saab 9-3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Saab 9-3)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Saab 9-3)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 200301PY00226 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 2003.