A2199 crash in Southwark on 4 May 2014 at 08:50 involving a Volvo bus
A Volvo bus, a Ford Fiesta and a Volkswagen Tiguan were involved in a crash on the A2199 in Southwark at 08:50 on Sunday 4 May 2014. The male driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 21-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 May 2014
- Sunday, 08:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volvo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42965, longitude -0.08865, in the SE21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lambeth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dulwich Wood, Southwark, SE21 8SL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Southwark
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201401MM70440
- Council area
- Southwark
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2199
- Road type
- Single 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 December 1986.
Serious
Van crash on the B225 in Southwark, 22 December 1986
10 m awayRef 198601LS00620
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A2199 in Southwark, 15 May 2019
20 m awayRef 2019010181048
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B225 in Southwark, 26 June 1984
20 m awayRef 198401LS00286
Serious
Nissan Sunny crash on the A2199 in Southwark, 23 May 1992
20 m awayRef 199201MM00236
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A2199 in Southwark, 22 May 2002
20 m awayRef 200201LX00668
Slight
Toyota BZ4X crash on the A2199 in Southwark, 2 November 2025
28 m awayRef 2025010607036
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volvo
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 9,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Tiguan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 201401MM70440 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southwark road accident statistics for 2014.