A20 crash in Bromley on 23 August 2016 at 12:00 involving a Rover 400 Series
Four vehicles, including a Rover 400 Series and a car, were involved in a crash on the A20 in Bromley at 12:00 on Tuesday 23 August 2016. An 81-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Rover 400 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Aug 2016
- Tuesday, 12:00
- Vehicles
- 4
- Rover 400 Series and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40917, longitude 0.14345, in the DA14 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Bromley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201601PY20584
- Council area
- Bromley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 20
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 23%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 77%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a fatal crash on 5 August 2002.
Fatal
Car crash on the A20 in Bromley, 5 August 2002
20 m awayRef 200201PY00754
Fatal
Van crash on the A20 in Bromley, 30 January 2007
20 m awayRef 200701TD00004
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A20 in Bromley, 3 May 2005
32 m awayRef 200501PY20372
Slight
Honda C90 crash on the A20 in Bromley, 7 July 2001
32 m awayRef 200101PY00687
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the A20 in Bromley, 29 November 2025
40 m awayRef 2025010612402
Slight
BMW crash on the A20 in Bromley, 5 September 1999
45 m awayRef 199901PY01158
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Lane or location
- Lay-by or hard shoulder
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 81 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 22 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Lane or location
- Lay-by or hard shoulder
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 2,495 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 32 years
Vehicle 3: Iveco Daily
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Lane or location
- Lay-by or hard shoulder
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 4: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 81, hit by vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
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 201601PY20584 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 2016.