A21 crash in Lewisham on 17 January 2023 at 16:20 involving a Peugeot Expert van
A Peugeot Expert van and a Nissan Juke were involved in a crash on the A21 in Lewisham at 16:20 on Tuesday 17 January 2023. The 51-year-old male driver of the Peugeot Expert van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jan 2023
- Tuesday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot Expert and Nissan Juke
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46141, longitude -0.01313, in the SE13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lewisham Central, Lewisham, SE13 7NZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewisham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023010421980
- Council area
- Lewisham
- 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
- 21
- Road type
- One way street
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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 7 January 2021.
Slight
Mini Paceman crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 7 January 2021
1 m awayRef 2021010287837
Serious
BYD Ebus crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 14 June 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010580604
Slight
Wrightbus NB4L crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 18 September 2025
5 m awayRef 2025010598336
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 30 June 2017
7 m awayRef 2017010052387
Slight
Optare crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 15 October 2012
16 m awayRef 201201PL60675
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 10 December 2002
16 m awayRef 200201PL09002
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot Expert
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- 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
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Juke
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot Expert)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2023010421980 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 2023.