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Unclassified road crash in Croydon CR5 on 20 August 2025 at 17:20 involving an Alfa Romeo Mito

An Alfa Romeo Mito and a Kia Xceed were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Croydon at 17:20 on Wednesday 20 August 2025. The 82-year-old male driver of the Alfa Romeo Mito was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Aug 2025
Wednesday, 17:20
Vehicles
2
Alfa Romeo Mito and Kia Xceed
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.30665, longitude -0.12581, in the CR5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025010592966
Council area
Croydon
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 44 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 October 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Alfa Romeo Mito

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    82 years
    Engine capacity
    1,368 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Kia Xceed

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alfa Romeo Mito)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least 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 2025010592966 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Croydon road accident statistics for 2025.