A3 crash in Lambeth on 30 August 2025 at 04:13 involving a Toyota Prius taxi
A bicycle and a Toyota Prius taxi were involved in a crash on the A3 in Lambeth at 04:13 on Saturday 30 August 2025. The 26-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Aug 2025
- Saturday, 04:13
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Toyota Prius
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46399, longitude -0.13195, in the SW4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lambeth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Clapham Town, Lambeth, SW4 0JQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lambeth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010594534
- Council area
- Lambeth
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 June 2021.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Lambeth, 25 June 2021
3 m awayRef 2021010315763
Slight
Audi Q2 crash on the A3 in Lambeth, 22 June 2023
4 m awayRef 2023010450872
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A3 in Lambeth, 16 July 2022
5 m awayRef 2022010390998
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A3 in Lambeth, 21 September 2024
6 m awayRef 2024010533802
Slight
Rover 800 Series crash on the A3 in Lambeth, 11 August 1995
6 m awayRef 199501LX00624
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A3 in Lambeth, 25 September 1995
6 m awayRef 199501LX00740
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Lane or location
- Cycle lane (on main carriageway)
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Toyota Prius
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 26, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2025010594534 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lambeth road accident statistics for 2025.