A234 crash in Bromley on 23 December 2023 at 12:30 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Honda NSS motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A234 in Bromley at 12:30 on Saturday 23 December 2023. The 33-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Dec 2023
- Saturday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Honda NSS
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41582, longitude -0.0539, in the SE20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Penge & Cator, Bromley, SE20 8JJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bromley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023010485735
- 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
- A
- First road number
- 234
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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 12 October 1983.
Slight
Van crash on the A234 in Bromley, 12 October 1983
2 m awayRef 1983010PR0682
Slight
Saab 99 crash on the A234 in Bromley, 26 April 1990
2 m awayRef 199001PR00269
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A234 in Bromley, 15 August 1983
2 m awayRef 1983010PR0539
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A234 in Bromley, 12 July 1984
2 m awayRef 198401PR00444
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A234 in Bromley, 13 July 2003
2 m awayRef 200301PY00515
Serious
Nissan Sunny crash on the A234 in Bromley, 4 March 1992
2 m awayRef 199201PR00116
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda NSS
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
- 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 2023010485735 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 2023.