A21 crash in Bromley on 2 December 2019 at 12:15 involving a Ford Transit Custom van
A Ford Transit Custom van, a Mercedes Sprinter van and a Land Rover Range Rover Sport were involved in a crash on the A21 in Bromley at 12:15 on Monday 2 December 2019. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Dec 2019
- Monday, 12:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Transit Custom and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36004, longitude 0.08214, in the BR6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Darwin, Bromley, BR6 7HD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bromley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010222188
- 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
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 11 metres away, was a fatal crash on 10 March 2000.
Fatal
Peugeot 309 crash on the A21 in Bromley, 10 March 2000
11 m awayRef 200001PY00159
Slight
Car crash on the A21 in Bromley, 25 November 1984
11 m awayRef 198401PN00669
Slight
Kia Pride crash on the A21 in Bromley, 21 April 1995
11 m awayRef 199501PY00398
Serious
Car crash on the A21 in Bromley, 28 November 1982
30 m awayRef 1982010PM0712
Serious
Aprilia RSV Mille crash on the A21 in Bromley, 19 October 2007
33 m awayRef 200701PY67360
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the A21 in Bromley, 3 June 2007
39 m awayRef 200701ZT64056
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Custom
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Land Rover Range Rover Sport
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Gas bi-fuel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit Custom)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes Sprinter)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Land Rover Range Rover Sport)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Land Rover Range Rover Sport)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2019010222188 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.