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B251 crash in Bromley on 28 October 2003 at 19:21 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Volvo 940 were involved in a crash on the B251 in Bromley at 19:21 on Tuesday 28 October 2003. The 68-year-old male driver of the Volvo 940 and the 19-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Oct 2003
Tuesday, 19:21
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Volvo 940
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3782, longitude 0.00851, in the BR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hayes & Coney Hall, Bromley, BR2 7HE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bromley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200301PY00738
Council area
Bromley
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
251
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 January 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,391 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 940

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 940)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 200301PY00738 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.