B216 crash in Southwark on 18 May 2022 at 01:15 involving a Toyota Prius
A Toyota Prius and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the B216 in Southwark at 01:15 on Wednesday 18 May 2022. The 38-year-old male driver of the Toyota Prius was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 May 2022
- Wednesday, 01:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Prius and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48347, longitude -0.06496, in the SE15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark. It is one of the crashes that make up the Old Kent Road, Southwark, SE16 3JH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Southwark
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010377281
- Council area
- Southwark
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 216
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 2
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 February 1989.
Slight
Car crash on the A2 in Southwark, 28 February 1989
2 m awayRef 198901MM00116
Serious
Wrightbus NB4L crash on the A2 in Southwark, 18 November 2025
2 m awayRef 2025010610251
Slight
Kawasaki KMX125 crash on the B216 in Southwark, 16 June 1990
2 m awayRef 199001MM00303
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A2 in Southwark, 15 January 1988
2 m awayRef 198801MM00011
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A2 in Southwark, 14 October 1988
2 m awayRef 198801MM00527
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A2 in Southwark, 8 December 1985
2 m awayRef 198501MM00637
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius
Car
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Prius)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2022010377281 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 2022.