A214 crash in Lambeth on 23 July 2019 at 21:08 involving a Honda Insight
A Honda Insight and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A214 in Lambeth at 21:08 on Tuesday 23 July 2019. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jul 2019
- Tuesday, 21:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Insight and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43011, longitude -0.13512, in the SW16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lambeth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Streatham St Leonard's, Lambeth, SW16 6AW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lambeth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010195531
- Council area
- Lambeth
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 214
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 214
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 August 2012.
Slight
Volvo C70 crash on the A214 in Lambeth, 25 August 2012
3 m awayRef 201201WW50644
Serious
Honda crash on the A214 in Lambeth, 20 April 1998
3 m awayRef 199801LS00172
Slight
Bus crash on the A214 in Lambeth, 19 February 1988
3 m awayRef 198801LS00074
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A214 in Lambeth, 20 March 2011
3 m awayRef 201101LX50155
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the B242 in Lambeth, 22 December 1997
3 m awayRef 199701LS00532
Serious
Tesla Model 3 crash on the B242 in Lambeth, 2 December 2025
6 m awayRef 2025010612935
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Insight
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Insight)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2019010195531 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lambeth road accident statistics for 2019.