A214 crash in Bromley on 13 November 2017 at 17:15 involving a Triumph Bonneville motorcycle
A taxi and a Triumph Bonneville motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A214 in Bromley at 17:15 on Monday 13 November 2017. The 36-year-old male rider of the Triumph Bonneville motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Nov 2017
- Monday, 17:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Taxi and Triumph Bonneville
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40498, longitude -0.05646, in the BR3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Clock House, Bromley, SE20 7YD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bromley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010069770
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 February 1999.
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A214 in Bromley, 25 February 1999
At the same spotRef 199901PY00182
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A214 in Bromley, 12 November 2001
At the same spotRef 200101PY01093
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A214 in Bromley, 14 September 1987
At the same spotRef 198701PR00553
Slight
Honda C90 crash on the A214 in Bromley, 11 October 1999
At the same spotRef 199901PY01331
Slight
Car crash on the A214 in Bromley, 5 December 1986
At the same spotRef 198601PR00812
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A214 in Bromley, 13 May 2025
7 m awayRef 2025010574735
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Taxi
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Triumph Bonneville
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 865 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 36, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Triumph Bonneville)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 2017010069770 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.