Unclassified road crash in Lewisham SE13 on 31 October 2025 at 21:45 involving an Isuzu Trucks Grafter van
Nine vehicles, including an Isuzu Trucks Grafter van and a Volvo V90, were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Lewisham at 21:45 on Friday 31 October 2025. A 25-year-old male passenger in the Volvo V90 and a 27-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Corolla were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Oct 2025
- Friday, 21:45
- Vehicles
- 9
- Isuzu Trucks Grafter and 8 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46764, longitude -0.0091, in the SE13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blackheath, Lewisham, SE13 7NU area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010606815
- Council area
- Lewisham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- 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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 December 1989.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Lewisham, 6 December 1989
6 m awayRef 198901PD00834
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Lewisham, 31 August 1989, ref 198901PL00466
6 m awayRef 198901PL00466
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Lewisham, 8 June 2005
7 m awayRef 200501PL60519
Slight
Honda NT650V Deauville crash on an unclassified road in Lewisham, 12 October 2002
7 m awayRef 200201PL01011
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on an unclassified road in Lewisham, 7 October 2008
7 m awayRef 200801PL60606
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Lewisham, 31 August 1989, ref 198901PD00605
7 m awayRef 198901PD00605
Vehicles involved (9)
Vehicle 1: Isuzu Trucks Grafter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,898 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Volvo V90
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,969 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 3: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 4: Peugeot 308
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 5: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 6: Fiat Doblo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,368 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 7: Kia Ceed
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Engine capacity
- 1,582 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Vehicle 8: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 9: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V90)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Toyota Corolla)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2025010606815 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewisham road accident statistics for 2025.