A21 crash in Bromley on 21 March 2019 at 12:10 involving a Yamaha MT125 motorcycle
A Yamaha MT125 motorcycle and a BMW 5 Series were involved in a crash on the A21 in Bromley at 12:10 on Thursday 21 March 2019. The 20-year-old male rider of the Yamaha MT125 motorcycle 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
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Mar 2019
- Thursday, 12:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha MT125 and BMW 5 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41569, longitude 0.00608, in the BR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Plaistow, Bromley, BR1 4HF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bromley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010170396
- Council area
- Bromley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 21
- 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 March 2024.
Slight
Audi TT crash on the A21 in Bromley, 15 March 2024
2 m awayRef 2024010499997
Slight
Saab 900 crash on the A21 in Bromley, 5 August 1991
4 m awayRef 199101PR00383
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A21 in Bromley, 15 October 1993
4 m awayRef 199301PR00579
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the A21 in Bromley, 20 August 1993
4 m awayRef 199301PR00456
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A21 in Bromley, 8 October 1990
4 m awayRef 199001PR00563
Serious
Car crash on the A21 in Bromley, 16 October 1986
4 m awayRef 198601PR00649
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha MT125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 20, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha MT125)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2019010170396 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 2019.