A21 crash in Lewisham on 21 January 2021 at 11:56 involving a BMW 2 Series
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jan 2021
- Thursday, 11:56
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 2 Series and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4332, longitude -0.01754, in the SE6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Catford South, Lewisham, SE6 3DG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021010289552
- Council area
- Lewisham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 21
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- 21
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 8 December 2025.
Slight
Hyundai Kona crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 8 December 2025
1 m awayRef 2025010614428
Serious
Volvo V90 crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 26 April 2025
2 m awayRef 2025010571451
Slight
Car crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 22 November 1987
2 m awayRef 198701PD00652
Slight
Car crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 10 November 1983
2 m awayRef 1983010PD0739
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 13 April 1990
2 m awayRef 199001PD00219
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 14 September 1984
2 m awayRef 198401PD00594
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 2 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 898 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 2 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least 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 2021010289552 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewisham road accident statistics for 2021.