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A21 crash in Lewisham on 15 October 2012 at 23:50 involving an Optare bus

A bus or coach and an Optare bus were involved in a crash on the A21 in Lewisham at 23:50 on Monday 15 October 2012. The 45-year-old male driver of the bus or coach was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Oct 2012
Monday, 23:50
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and Optare
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46148, longitude -0.01318, in the SE13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lewisham Central, Lewisham, SE13 7NZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewisham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201201PL60675
Council area
Lewisham
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
21
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 December 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    Bus lane or busway
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    3,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Optare

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Bus lane or busway
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    6,374 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

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 201201PL60675 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 2012.