Serious B217 crash in Southwark on 1 March 2025 at 03:45 involving a Peugeot 3008
Five vehicles, including a Peugeot 3008 and a Mercedes Cla Class, were involved in a crash on the B217 in Southwark at 03:45 on Saturday 1 March 2025. The 30-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 3008 was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 1 Mar 2025
- Saturday, 03:45
- Vehicles
- 5
- Peugeot 3008 and 4 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47814, longitude -0.08463, in the SE5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark. It is one of the crashes that make up the Camberwell Green, Southwark, SE5 0DP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Southwark
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010561571
- Council area
- Southwark
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 217
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 March 1984.
Slight
Van crash on the B217 in Southwark, 23 March 1984
4 m awayRef 198401MM00159
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B217 in Southwark, 20 March 2004
4 m awayRef 200401MM00260
Slight
Car crash on the B217 in Southwark, 2 December 2001
4 m awayRef 200101MM01608
Slight
Car crash on the B217 in Southwark, 29 May 2002
4 m awayRef 200201MM00650
Serious
Volvo crash on the B217 in Southwark, 30 November 2011
4 m awayRef 201101MM79187
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the B217 in Southwark, 3 December 2002
4 m awayRef 200201MM01490
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 3008
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Cla Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Vehicle 3: Toyota Celica
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,794 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 4: Audi Q3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 5: Nissan Note
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,386 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 3008)
- Serious injury band
- Less 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 2025010561571 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 2025.