A205 crash in Lewisham on 22 November 2011 at 20:55 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A205 in Lewisham at 20:55 on Tuesday 22 November 2011. The 30-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo 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
- 22 Nov 2011
- Tuesday, 20:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44215, longitude -0.04553, in the SE23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Perry Vale, Lewisham, SE23 2PS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201101PL60740
- Council area
- Lewisham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 205
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- 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
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 16 October 2014.
Serious
Volkswagen Sharan crash on the A205 in Lewisham, 16 October 2014
At the same spotRef 201401PL60893
Slight
Gilera Runner 125 crash on the A205 in Lewisham, 2 February 2010
At the same spotRef 201001TD00043
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A205 in Lewisham, 31 October 2025
9 m awayRef 2025010606706
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A205 in Lewisham, 25 July 1988
10 m awayRef 198801PD00473
Slight
Car crash on the A205 in Lewisham, 9 October 1985
10 m awayRef 198501PD00609
Slight
Car crash on the A205 in Lewisham, 29 January 1983
10 m awayRef 1983010PD0060
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
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 201101PL60740 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewisham road accident statistics for 2011.