A2215 crash in Southwark on 14 August 2025 at 11:33 involving a Mitsubishi Outlander taxi
A Mitsubishi Outlander taxi and a car were involved in a crash on the A2215 in Southwark at 11:33 on Thursday 14 August 2025. The 56-year-old male driver of the Mitsubishi Outlander taxi was slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Aug 2025
- Thursday, 11:33
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mitsubishi Outlander and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46568, longitude -0.06607, in the SE15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rye Lane, Southwark, SE15 4HN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Southwark
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010593082
- Council area
- Southwark
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2215
- 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
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 May 1997.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A2215 in Southwark, 17 May 1997
5 m awayRef 199701MM00214
Slight
Car crash on the A2215 in Southwark, 25 July 1985
5 m awayRef 198501MM00347
Slight
Car crash on the A2215 in Southwark, 29 March 2014
5 m awayRef 201401MM70272
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A2215 in Southwark, 26 April 2004
5 m awayRef 200401MM70042
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A2215 in Southwark, 11 October 2008
5 m awayRef 200801MM71003
Slight
Car crash on the A2215 in Southwark, 6 October 1989
5 m awayRef 198901MM00517
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Outlander
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 56, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Outlander)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2025010593082 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.