A234 crash in Bromley on 21 September 2025 at 18:53 involving a Ford Fusion
A Ford Fusion and a Kia Sportage were involved in a crash on the A234 in Bromley at 18:53 on Sunday 21 September 2025. The 30-year-old male driver of the Ford Fusion was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Sep 2025
- Sunday, 18:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fusion and Kia Sportage
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41765, longitude -0.05869, 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
- 2025010598970
- Council area
- Bromley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 234
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 June 1983.
Serious
Bus crash on the A234 in Bromley, 13 June 1983
5 m awayRef 1983010PR0390
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A234 in Bromley, 13 October 2006
5 m awayRef 200601PY20649
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A234 in Bromley, 19 September 2015
5 m awayRef 201501PY20675
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A234 in Bromley, 5 March 1998
5 m awayRef 199801PY00238
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A234 in Bromley, 30 December 1996
5 m awayRef 199601PY01305
Slight
Van crash on the A234 in Bromley, 2 December 1983
5 m awayRef 1983010PR0820
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fusion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: Kia Sportage
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fusion)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 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 2025010598970 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 2025.