Serious A213 crash in Bromley on 26 December 2024 at 23:30 involving a Toyota Prius
A Toyota Prius and a Nissan Leaf were involved in a crash on the A213 in Bromley at 23:30 on Thursday 26 December 2024. A 10-year-old male passenger in the Nissan Leaf was seriously injured and the 52-year-old male driver of the Nissan Leaf was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Dec 2024
- Thursday, 23:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Prius and Nissan Leaf
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40866, longitude -0.05952, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024010551186
- Council area
- Bromley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 213
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 214
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 16 January 2022.
Slight
Honda SH 125 crash on the A213 in Bromley, 16 January 2022
1 m awayRef 2022010355397
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A213 in Bromley, 26 June 2020
3 m awayRef 2020010253546
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A213 in Bromley, 27 March 2024
3 m awayRef 2024010505093
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A214 in Bromley, 2 July 1989
4 m awayRef 198901PR00462
Serious
Car crash on the A213 in Bromley, 2 January 2024
4 m awayRef 2024010487118
Slight
Volvo crash on the A213 in Bromley, 29 June 2000
4 m awayRef 200001PY00610
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius
Car
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 2: Nissan Leaf
Car
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Leaf)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Leaf)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 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 2024010551186 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.