Skip to main content
CrashStats

A222 crash in Bexley on 27 August 2025 at 08:38 involving a Smart Forfour

A Smart Forfour and a Volvo bus were involved in a crash on the A222 in Bexley at 08:38 on Wednesday 27 August 2025. The 20-year-old male driver of the Smart Forfour was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Aug 2025
Wednesday, 08:38
Vehicles
2
Smart Forfour and Volvo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43299, longitude 0.10269, in the DA15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Longlands, Bexley, DA15 7LA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bexley

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025010594080
Council area
Bexley
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
222
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Smart Forfour

    Car

    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Engine capacity
    4,760 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Smart Forfour)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2025010594080 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bexley road accident statistics for 2025.