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A23 crash in Lambeth on 13 December 2022 at 19:30 involving a BMW 8 Series

A BMW 8 Series and a Saab 9-3 were involved in a crash on the A23 in Lambeth at 19:30 on Tuesday 13 December 2022. The 47-year-old male driver of the BMW 8 Series and a passenger in the BMW 8 Series were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Dec 2022
Tuesday, 19:30
Vehicles
2
BMW 8 Series and Saab 9-3
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42165, longitude -0.1293, in the SW16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lambeth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Streatham St Leonard's, Lambeth, SW16 6AW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lambeth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022010416269
Council area
Lambeth
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
23
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
272

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

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 slight injury crash on 13 August 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 8 Series

    Car

    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    2,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Saab 9-3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 8 Series)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 8 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat 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 2022010416269 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 2022.