A2 crash in Lewisham on 25 June 2022 at 21:08 involving an Alexander Dennis bus
An Alexander Dennis bus, a Yamaha YP motorcycle and a BMW 5 Series were involved in a crash on the A2 in Lewisham at 21:08 on Saturday 25 June 2022. A 10-year-old female passenger in the Alexander Dennis bus and a 47-year-old male passenger in the Alexander Dennis bus were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jun 2022
- Saturday, 21:08
- Vehicles
- 3
- Alexander Dennis and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47523, longitude -0.03908, in the SE14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Deptford, Lewisham, SE14 6FQ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010384671
- Council area
- Lewisham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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 27 April 2025.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 27 April 2025
1 m awayRef 2025010571711
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 27 November 2022
1 m awayRef 2022010413147
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 8 December 2020
2 m awayRef 2020010283593
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 18 June 2022
3 m awayRef 2022010383253
Slight
Ssangyong Rodius crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 1 July 2020
3 m awayRef 2020010254462
Slight
Car crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 7 July 2023
4 m awayRef 2023010453670
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Alexander Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,700 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha YP
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 3: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 10, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alexander Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 47, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alexander Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- 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 2022010384671 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 2022.