A21 crash in Bromley on 21 February 2022 at 10:00 involving a BMW 1 Series
A car and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the A21 in Bromley at 10:00 on Monday 21 February 2022. The 19-year-old female driver of the BMW 1 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Feb 2022
- Monday, 10:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39403, longitude 0.02837, in the BR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bromley Common & Holwood, Bromley, BR2 9NE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bromley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010361440
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Fine with 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, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 March 1983.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A21 in Bromley, 6 March 1983
19 m awayRef 1983010PR0119
Slight
Yamaha GPD crash on the A21 in Bromley, 23 May 2025
22 m awayRef 2025010576518
Slight
Volvo 440 crash on the A21 in Bromley, 8 December 1997
23 m awayRef 199701PY01321
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A21 in Bromley, 19 June 2015
23 m awayRef 201501PY20429
Slight
Honda crash on the A21 in Bromley, 16 January 2000
25 m awayRef 200001PY00215
Serious
Car crash on the A21 in Bromley, 27 January 2011
25 m awayRef 201101PY20003
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- 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
- 62 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)
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 2022010361440 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.