A215 crash in Southwark on 15 June 2023 at 17:50 involving a BYD Enviro bus
A BYD Enviro bus crashed on the A215 in Southwark at 17:50 on Thursday 15 June 2023. A 39-year-old female passenger, a 47-year-old female passenger and a 46-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jun 2023
- Thursday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- BYD Enviro
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48425, longitude -0.09386, in the SE17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newington, Southwark, SE17 3RF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Southwark
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023010449284
- Council area
- Southwark
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 215
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 September 2006.
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A215 in Southwark, 27 September 2006
4 m awayRef 200601MM70873
Slight
Car crash on the A215 in Southwark, 21 September 1983
4 m awayRef 1983010MS0335
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A215 in Southwark, 27 April 2012
4 m awayRef 201201TB00442
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A215 in Southwark, 26 October 2019
7 m awayRef 2019010214152
Slight
Car crash on the A215 in Southwark, 28 February 1987
10 m awayRef 198701MS00060
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A215 in Southwark, 26 November 2016
11 m awayRef 2016010003531
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: BYD Enviro
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 62 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 39, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (BYD Enviro)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 47, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (BYD Enviro)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 46, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (BYD Enviro)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 2023010449284 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 2023.