Serious A2213 crash in Greenwich on 18 December 2025 at 18:05 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa, a Honda E and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A2213 in Greenwich at 18:05 on Thursday 18 December 2025. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 18 Dec 2025
- Thursday, 18:05
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Corsa and 2 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47175, longitude 0.0231, in the SE3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Charlton Hornfair, Greenwich, SE3 8SY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010616248
- Council area
- Greenwich
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2213
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 January 1984.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A2213 in Greenwich, 27 January 1984
5 m awayRef 198401RD00054
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A2213 in Greenwich, 19 April 2004
5 m awayRef 200401RG40081
Slight
Car crash on the A2213 in Greenwich, 9 September 1984
5 m awayRef 198401RD00567
Slight
Car crash on the A2213 in Greenwich, 16 July 1983
5 m awayRef 1983010RD0472
Slight
Car crash on the A2213 in Greenwich, 21 May 1989
5 m awayRef 198901RG00337
Slight
Car crash on the A2213 in Greenwich, 19 June 1988
5 m awayRef 198801RD00424
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 2: Honda E
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 3: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW 3 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW 3 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW 3 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2025010616248 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.