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Serious C road crash in Sutton SM5 on 2 August 2025 at 02:01 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a Ford Transit Custom van were involved in a crash on a C road in Sutton at 02:01 on Saturday 2 August 2025. A 21-year-old male passenger in the BMW 3 Series was seriously injured and the 43-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Aug 2025
Saturday, 02:01
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and Ford Transit Custom
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38574, longitude -0.17887, in the SM5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Helier West, Sutton, SM5 1AJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sutton

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025010589925
Council area
Sutton
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit Custom

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    2,488 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Very serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from home
    5 to 10 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 2025010589925 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sutton road accident statistics for 2025.