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Serious A2216 crash in Southwark on 31 October 2024 at 16:03 involving a Smart Fortwo

A Smart Fortwo and a BMW X5 were involved in a crash on the A2216 in Southwark at 16:03 on Thursday 31 October 2024. A 28-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Smart Fortwo was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Oct 2024
Thursday, 16:03
Vehicles
2
Smart Fortwo and BMW X5
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45149, longitude -0.07644, in the SE22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark. It is one of the crashes that make up the Goose Green, Southwark, SE22 9LN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Southwark

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024010540887
Council area
Southwark
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2216
Road type
Single carriageway
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, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 February 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Smart Fortwo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: BMW X5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    2,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, hit by vehicle 1 (Smart Fortwo)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from home
    10 to 20 km

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 2024010540887 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 2024.