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A100 crash in Southwark on 31 August 2025 at 11:15 involving a Mercedes C Class

A Mercedes C Class and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A100 in Southwark at 11:15 on Sunday 31 August 2025. The 49-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Aug 2025
Sunday, 11:15
Vehicles
2
Mercedes C Class and Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50318, longitude -0.07686, in the SE1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Bermondsey, Southwark, SE1 2LY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Southwark

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025010594915
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
100
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 October 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class

    Car

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from home
    10 to 20 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 2025010594915 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.