A214 crash in Bromley on 11 July 2015 at 01:00 involving a Scania bus
A Scania bus, a Ford Focus and a Toyota Verso were involved in a crash on the A214 in Bromley at 01:00 on Saturday 11 July 2015. All eight casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Jul 2015
- Saturday, 01:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Scania and 2 others
- Casualties
- 8
- 8 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39185, longitude -0.04008, in the BR3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kelsey & Eden Park, Bromley, BR3 4AN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bromley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201501PY20487
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 53%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 47%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 May 2019.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A214 in Bromley, 23 May 2019
5 m awayRef 2019010182873
Serious
Scania crash on the A214 in Bromley, 1 May 2008
10 m awayRef 200801PY20212
Serious
Car crash on the A214 in Bromley, 9 December 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010PR0905
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A214 in Bromley, 25 July 1991
10 m awayRef 199101PR00360
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A214 in Bromley, 30 August 1987
10 m awayRef 198701PR00524
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A214 in Bromley, 14 May 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010PR0317
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Scania
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 9,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,521 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Toyota Verso
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
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (8)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Scania)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Scania)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Scania)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 42, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Scania)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 72, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Scania)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Scania)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 7: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 8: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- 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 201501PY20487 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 2015.