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A215 crash in Southwark on 14 September 2025 at 19:35 involving a Toyota Avensis

A Toyota Avensis and a Toyota Auris were involved in a crash on the A215 in Southwark at 19:35 on Sunday 14 September 2025. The 64-year-old male driver of the Toyota Avensis was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Sep 2025
Sunday, 19:35
Vehicles
2
Toyota Avensis and Toyota Auris
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48807, longitude -0.09562, in the SE17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newington, Southwark, SE17 3RF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Southwark

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025010597574
Council area
Southwark
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
215
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
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 13 May 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    1,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Auris

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,797 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Avensis)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2025010597574 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.