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Serious A23 crash in Lambeth on 18 January 2025 at 17:15 involving a Wrightbus Streetdeck

A Wrightbus Streetdeck crashed on the A23 in Lambeth at 17:15 on Saturday 18 January 2025. A 55-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Jan 2025
Saturday, 17:15
Vehicles
1
Wrightbus Streetdeck
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43747, longitude -0.12729, in the SW16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lambeth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Streatham Hill East, Lambeth, SW16 2NF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lambeth

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025010554635
Council area
Lambeth
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
23
Road type
Dual carriageway
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 light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Very serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 March 2020.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Wrightbus Streetdeck

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Electric
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 55, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Wrightbus Streetdeck)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger
    Serious injury band
    Very serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 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 2025010554635 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 2025.