A205 crash in Southwark on 5 September 2019 at 09:35 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Honda NSS motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A205 in Southwark at 09:35 on Thursday 5 September 2019. The 41-year-old male rider of the Honda NSS motorcycle was 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
- 5 Sep 2019
- Thursday, 09:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Honda NSS
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44327, longitude -0.07055, in the SE21 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
- 2019010203899
- 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
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 September 2018.
Serious
Kawasaki ZX636 crash on the A205 in Southwark, 21 September 2018
3 m awayRef 2018010134097
Slight
Suzuki Ignis crash on the A205 in Southwark, 17 June 2025
6 m awayRef 2025010581233
Serious
Van crash on the A205 in Southwark, 2 October 1987
8 m awayRef 198701MM00490
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A205 in Southwark, 31 January 2016
8 m awayRef 201601MM70208
Slight
Car crash on the A205 in Southwark, 25 December 1982
12 m awayRef 1982010MM0705
Serious
Bus crash on the A205 in Southwark, 18 June 1999
12 m awayRef 199901MM00282
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda NSS
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 41, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda NSS)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2019010203899 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.