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A3 crash in Wandsworth on 9 April 2022 at 17:04 involving a BMW 5 Series taxi

A BMW 5 Series taxi and a Mini Clubman were involved in a crash on the A3 in Wandsworth at 17:04 on Saturday 9 April 2022. The 30-year-old male driver of the BMW 5 Series taxi was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Apr 2022
Saturday, 17:04
Vehicles
2
BMW 5 Series and Mini Clubman
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45694, longitude -0.1936, in the SW18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wandsworth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wandsworth Town, Wandsworth, SW18 1SR area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022010370068
Council area
Wandsworth
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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 2 November 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series

    Taxi or private hire car

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Mini Clubman

    Car

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2022010370068 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wandsworth road accident statistics for 2022.