A222 crash in Bromley on 24 December 2003 at 15:30 involving a Mercedes S Class
A Mercedes S Class and a Peugeot 106 were involved in a crash on the A222 in Bromley at 15:30 on Wednesday 24 December 2003. A 94-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes S Class was 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
- 24 Dec 2003
- Wednesday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes S Class and Peugeot 106
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40635, longitude 0.00313, in the BR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shortlands & Park Langley, Bromley, BR2 0DW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bromley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200301PY00909
- Council area
- Bromley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- Zebra crossing
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 16 June 1982.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A222 in Bromley, 16 June 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010PR0469
Slight
Car crash on the A222 in Bromley, 23 November 1988
At the same spotRef 198801PR00736
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A222 in Bromley, 5 June 2002
At the same spotRef 200201PY00499
Serious
Mercedes C Class crash on the A222 in Bromley, 8 June 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010579437
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A222 in Bromley, 6 April 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010PR0219
Slight
Honda crash on the A222 in Bromley, 15 June 1991
10 m awayRef 199101PR00278
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes S Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 94, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes S Class)
- 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 200301PY00909 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.