B251 crash in Bromley on 4 January 2022 at 21:10 involving a Volkswagen Arteon
A Volkswagen Arteon and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B251 in Bromley at 21:10 on Tuesday 4 January 2022. A 37-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Arteon and the 50-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Jan 2022
- Tuesday, 21:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Arteon and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38813, longitude 0.00265, in the BR4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bromley Town, Bromley, BR2 9DA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010353071
- Council area
- Bromley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 251
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 251
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Footbridge or subway
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 1 April 2022.
Slight
Honda WW125 crash on the B251 in Bromley, 1 April 2022
1 m awayRef 2022010368790
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B251 in Bromley, 29 October 2021
2 m awayRef 2021010340351
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the B251 in Bromley, 12 February 2023
3 m awayRef 2023010426735
Slight
Car crash on the B251 in Bromley, 6 March 1985
5 m awayRef 198501PR00127
Slight
Car crash on the B251 in Bromley, 27 October 1986
5 m awayRef 198601PR00689
Slight
Bus crash on the B251 in Bromley, 22 October 1985
5 m awayRef 198501PR00654
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Arteon
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Arteon)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2022010353071 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 2022.