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A2 crash in Greenwich on 5 December 2025 at 19:15 involving a BYD Seal Design EV

A BYD Seal Design EV and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A2 in Greenwich at 19:15 on Friday 5 December 2025. The 40-year-old male driver of the BYD Seal Design EV was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Dec 2025
Friday, 19:15
Vehicles
2
BYD Seal Design EV and Nissan Micra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47274, longitude -0.00861, in the SE10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blackheath, Lewisham, SE13 7NU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025010613802
Council area
Greenwich
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
2
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Second road class
Unclassified

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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 October 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BYD Seal Design EV

    Car

    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Electric
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra

    Car

    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,190 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BYD Seal Design EV)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    Distance from home
    5 to 10 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 2025010613802 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Greenwich road accident statistics for 2025.