A205 crash in Southwark on 28 September 2016 at 23:30 involving a Citroen C4
A Citroen C4 and a car were involved in a crash on the A205 in Southwark at 23:30 on Wednesday 28 September 2016. The 48-year-old male driver of the Citroen C4 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Sep 2016
- Wednesday, 23:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C4 and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44214, longitude -0.06625, in the SE22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark. It is one of the crashes that make up the Forest Hill, Lewisham, SE23 3EE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Southwark
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016010020766
- Council area
- Southwark
- 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
- 20 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 October 2009.
Slight
Ford crash on the A205 in Southwark, 28 October 2009
At the same spotRef 200901MM70890
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A205 in Southwark, 30 October 2014
At the same spotRef 201401MM71139
Slight
Bus crash on the A205 in Southwark, 13 October 2012
At the same spotRef 201201MM70854
Slight
Car crash on the A2216 in Southwark, 4 January 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010MM0012
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A205 in Southwark, 4 December 1984
At the same spotRef 198401MM00667
Serious
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A205 in Southwark, 13 October 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010603393
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C4)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
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 2016010020766 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 2016.