Serious A205 crash in Southwark on 14 November 2025 at 20:50 involving an Audi A6
An Audi A6 and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A205 in Southwark at 20:50 on Friday 14 November 2025. The 53-year-old male driver of the Audi A6 was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Nov 2025
- Friday, 20:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A6 and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44196, longitude -0.08436, in the SE21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dulwich Wood, Southwark, SE21 8SL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Southwark
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010609681
- 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
- 205
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 205
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Very 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 October 1987.
Slight
Car crash on the A205 in Southwark, 14 October 1987
4 m awayRef 198701MM00531
Slight
Car crash on the A205 in Southwark, 2 April 1987
4 m awayRef 198701MM00155
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A205 in Southwark, 22 April 1994
4 m awayRef 199401MM00175
Slight
Peugeot 807 crash on the A205 in Southwark, 16 July 2012
4 m awayRef 201201MM70547
Slight
Fiat Tipo crash on the A205 in Southwark, 5 March 2001
6 m awayRef 200101MM00297
Slight
Honda NSS crash on the A205 in Southwark, 30 July 2024
7 m awayRef 2024010524539
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A6
Car
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A6)
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2025010609681 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.