A214 crash in Bromley on 1 April 2018 at 10:30 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Suzuki SX4 were involved in a crash on the A214 in Bromley at 10:30 on Sunday 1 April 2018. The 24-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Apr 2018
- Sunday, 10:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Suzuki SX4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41906, longitude -0.07571, in the SE19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood, Croydon, SE19 2UP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bromley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010129665
- Council area
- Bromley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 214
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 March 2017.
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A214 in Bromley, 19 March 2017
At the same spotRef 2017010026473
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A214 in Bromley, 2 April 2011
At the same spotRef 201101PY20141
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A214 in Bromley, 17 November 2025
6 m awayRef 2025010609903
Slight
Toyota RAV4 crash on the A214 in Bromley, 22 November 2024
9 m awayRef 2024010545141
Slight
Van crash on the A214 in Bromley, 30 June 2010
10 m awayRef 201001PY20406
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A214 in Bromley, 20 April 2003
10 m awayRef 200301PY00298
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Suzuki SX4
Car
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 1,586 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
- 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 2018010129665 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.