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Serious B222 crash in Lambeth on 19 January 2023 at 15:07 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Lexus RX 400 were involved in a crash on the B222 in Lambeth at 15:07 on Thursday 19 January 2023. A 40-year-old male passenger in the Lexus RX 400 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Jan 2023
Thursday, 15:07
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Lexus RX 400
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45574, longitude -0.10328, in the SE24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lambeth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction, Lambeth, SW2 1PY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lambeth

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2023010422367
Council area
Lambeth
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
222
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 December 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,341 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Lexus RX 400

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    3,311 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Vehicle age
    16 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Lexus RX 400)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2023010422367 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 2023.