Serious A222 crash in Bromley on 18 February 2017 at 12:00 involving a Ford Transit Custom van
Two bicycles and a Ford Transit Custom van were involved in a crash on the A222 in Bromley at 12:00 on Saturday 18 February 2017. The 53-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured and the 40-year-old male cyclist 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
- Serious
- Date
- 18 Feb 2017
- Saturday, 12:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Transit Custom and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39898, longitude -0.04147, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010023115
- 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
- C
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 12 September 1996.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A222 in Bromley, 12 September 1996
At the same spotRef 199601PY00816
Serious
Austin Metro crash on the A222 in Bromley, 24 March 1994
At the same spotRef 199401PR00165
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A222 in Bromley, 23 March 1996
At the same spotRef 199601PY00280
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A222 in Bromley, 22 January 2012
10 m awayRef 201201PY20022
Serious
Kia Venga crash on the A222 in Bromley, 23 December 2016
10 m awayRef 2016010008529
Serious
Car crash on the A222 in Bromley, 19 September 1994
10 m awayRef 199401PR00562
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit Custom
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 53, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 40, on vehicle 3 (Bicycle)
- 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 2017010023115 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 2017.