Serious A23 crash in Lambeth on 11 September 2020 at 00:30 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A23 in Lambeth at 00:30 on Friday 11 September 2020. The 18-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Sep 2020
- Friday, 00:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44184, longitude -0.12447, in the SW2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lambeth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Streatham Hill East, Lambeth, SW16 2NF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lambeth
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020010267014
- Council area
- Lambeth
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 23
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 June 2022.
Slight
Honda GLR 125 crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 19 June 2022
2 m awayRef 2022010390336
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 18 October 2025
3 m awayRef 2025010604396
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 11 May 2020
6 m awayRef 2020010247360
Slight
Yamaha GPD crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 28 January 2021
7 m awayRef 2021010290655
Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 15 January 2014
7 m awayRef 201401LX50277
Slight
Jeep Cherokee crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 25 August 1998
7 m awayRef 199801LS00367
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousFemale, aged 18, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- 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 2020010267014 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 2020.