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Unclassified road crash in Bexley DA15 on 5 December 2025 at 17:34 involving a BMW 1 Series

Four vehicles, including a BMW 1 Series and a Mercedes A Class, were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bexley at 17:34 on Friday 5 December 2025. An 82-year-old female passenger in the BMW 1 Series was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Dec 2025
Friday, 17:34
Vehicles
4
BMW 1 Series and 3 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44073, longitude 0.08654, in the DA15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blackfen & Lamorbey, Bexley, DA15 8JR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bexley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025010613655
Council area
Bexley
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 May 1984.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    88 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes A Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Transporter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

  • Vehicle 4: Ford Transit Custom

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    2,488 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2025010613655 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bexley road accident statistics for 2025.