A205 crash in Southwark on 1 March 2020 at 05:10 involving an Audi Q7
An Audi Q7 and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A205 in Southwark at 05:10 on Sunday 1 March 2020. The 43-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Mar 2020
- Sunday, 05:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi Q7 and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44106, longitude -0.09281, in the SE21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Martin's, Lambeth, SE27 9BZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Southwark
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020010239304
- 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
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 2199
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 July 2019.
Slight
Honda SH 125 AD crash on the A205 in Lambeth, 12 July 2019
2 m awayRef 2019010198051
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A205 in Southwark, 5 January 2020
2 m awayRef 2020010228617
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A205 in Lambeth, 6 July 2019
4 m awayRef 2019010191981
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A205 in Lambeth, 13 May 2019
5 m awayRef 2019010180498
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A205 in Lambeth, 8 January 2020
5 m awayRef 2020010229063
Serious
Car crash on the A205 in Lambeth, 4 July 1982
6 m awayRef 1982010LS0320
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi Q7
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 2,967 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2020010239304 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 2020.