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Serious A200 crash in Southwark on 30 September 2025 at 08:56 involving a Volkswagen Sharan taxi

An e-scooter and a Volkswagen Sharan taxi were involved in a crash on the A200 in Southwark at 08:56 on Tuesday 30 September 2025. The 51-year-old male rider of the e-scooter was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Sep 2025
Tuesday, 08:56
Vehicles
2
E-scooter and Volkswagen Sharan
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50051, longitude -0.07439, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025010601002
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
200
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
200

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 22 June 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: E-scooter

    Personal powered transporter (e-scooter or similar)

    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    E-scooter
    Vehicle was an e-scooter
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Sharan

    Taxi or private hire car

    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 51, on vehicle 1 (E-scooter)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km
    E-scooter
    Casualty was using an e-scooter

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 2025010601002 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.