A232 crash in Bromley on 20 August 2024 at 12:45 involving a Suzuki GW 250 motorcycle
A Suzuki GW 250 motorcycle and a Mini Countryman were involved in a crash on the A232 in Bromley at 12:45 on Tuesday 20 August 2024. The 40-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GW 250 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Aug 2024
- Tuesday, 12:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki GW 250 and Mini Countryman
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37569, longitude -0.01409, in the BR4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley. It is one of the crashes that make up the West Wickham, Bromley, BR4 0JQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bromley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024010528014
- 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
- 232
- 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
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 2 September 2024.
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A232 in Bromley, 2 September 2024
1 m awayRef 2024010530103
Slight
Leyland DAF 400 crash on the A232 in Bromley, 22 December 1996
4 m awayRef 199601PY01283
Slight
Toyota Hilux crash on the A214 in Bromley, 6 April 2024
9 m awayRef 2024010503837
Slight
Car crash on the A232 in Bromley, 20 March 1982
14 m awayRef 1982010PR0184
Slight
Car crash on the A232 in Bromley, 20 May 1986
15 m awayRef 198601PR00312
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A214 in Bromley, 14 January 1999
17 m awayRef 199901PY00065
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki GW 250
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Mini Countryman
Car
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 40, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GW 250)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
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 2024010528014 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 2024.