Serious A214 crash in Bromley on 2 April 2011 at 08:14 involving a Ford Fiesta
Five vehicles, including a Ford Fiesta and a car, were involved in a crash on the A214 in Bromley at 08:14 on Saturday 2 April 2011. The 20-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Apr 2011
- Saturday, 08:14
- Vehicles
- 5
- Ford Fiesta and 4 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.419, longitude -0.07571, 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Bromley
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201101PY20141
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 April 2018.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A214 in Bromley, 1 April 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010129665
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A214 in Bromley, 19 March 2017
At the same spotRef 2017010026473
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A214 in Bromley, 17 November 2025
6 m awayRef 2025010609903
Slight
Toyota RAV4 crash on the A214 in Bromley, 22 November 2024
9 m awayRef 2024010545141
Slight
Van crash on the A214 in Bromley, 30 June 2010
10 m awayRef 201001PY20406
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A214 in Bromley, 20 April 2003
10 m awayRef 200301PY00298
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
Vehicle 3: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 4: Citroen Relay
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 5: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 201101PY20141 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 2011.