A302 crash in Southwark on 21 January 2019 at 13:07 involving a bus or coach
A bus or coach and a car were involved in a crash on the A302 in Southwark at 13:07 on Monday 21 January 2019. A 46-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach, a 27-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach and a 31-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jan 2019
- Monday, 13:07
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bus or coach and car
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49739, longitude -0.10774, in the SE1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark. It is one of the crashes that make up the Borough & Bankside, Southwark, SE1 0QR area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010158659
- Council area
- Southwark
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 302
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 3203
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 January 1985.
Slight
Car crash on the A302 in Southwark, 29 January 1985
3 m awayRef 198501MD00055
Slight
Kawasaki ZX600 crash on the A302 in Southwark, 25 January 2017
3 m awayRef 2017010014199
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the A302 in Southwark, 5 October 1991
3 m awayRef 199101MD00513
Slight
Kia Niro crash on the A3203 in Southwark, 11 November 2025
3 m awayRef 2025010608779
Slight
Hillman Imp crash on the A302 in Southwark, 18 August 1990
3 m awayRef 199001MD00447
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A3203 in Southwark, 18 October 1995
3 m awayRef 199501MD00511
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 46, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 27, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most 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 2019010158659 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 2019.