A214 crash in Bromley on 20 April 2003 at 18:20 involving a Volkswagen Golf
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Apr 2003
- Sunday, 18:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Peugeot 406
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.419, longitude -0.07557, in the SE19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood, Croydon, SE19 2UP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200301PY00298
- Council area
- Bromley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 214
- 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 June 2010.
Slight
Van crash on the A214 in Bromley, 30 June 2010
At the same spotRef 201001PY20406
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A214 in Bromley, 17 November 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010609903
Slight
Mini One crash on the A214 in Bromley, 10 August 2019
9 m awayRef 2019010198942
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A214 in Bromley, 19 March 2017
10 m awayRef 2017010026473
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A214 in Bromley, 27 March 1991
10 m awayRef 199101PR00126
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A214 in Bromley, 2 April 2011
10 m awayRef 201101PY20141
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 406
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,761 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 406)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 406)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 406)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 200301PY00298 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.