Serious A2015 crash in Bromley on 19 May 2018 at 01:50 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Kia Rio were involved in a crash on the A2015 in Bromley at 01:50 on Saturday 19 May 2018. The 20-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was seriously injured and the 35-year-old male driver of the Kia Rio was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 19 May 2018
- Saturday, 01:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Kia Rio
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41335, longitude -0.02432, in the BR3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Beckenham Town & Copers Cope, Bromley, BR3 1EF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bromley
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010108942
- Council area
- Bromley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2015
- 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
- Stop sign
- 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
- 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 7 May 2016.
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A2015 in Bromley, 7 May 2016
At the same spotRef 201601PY20265
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Bromley, 24 March 2025
10 m awayRef 2025010565607
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A2015 in Bromley, 21 October 2001
10 m awayRef 200101PY01019
Slight
Mini Countryman crash on the A2015 in Bromley, 12 September 2016
10 m awayRef 2016010017703
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A2015 in Bromley, 14 July 2004
10 m awayRef 200401PY20301
Slight
Car crash on the A2015 in Bromley, 9 February 2019
13 m awayRef 2019010162467
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Kia Rio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Rio)
- 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 2018010108942 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 2018.