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A2217 crash in Lambeth on 19 December 2025 at 12:00 involving an Alexander Dennis bus

An Alexander Dennis bus crashed on the A2217 in Lambeth at 12:00 on Friday 19 December 2025. An 85-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Dec 2025
Friday, 12:00
Vehicles
1
Alexander Dennis
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46795, longitude -0.09895, in the SE5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lambeth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction, Lambeth, SE5 9PQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lambeth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025010616399
Council area
Lambeth
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2217
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 November 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Alexander Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    4,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 85, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alexander Dennis)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least 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 2025010616399 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lambeth road accident statistics for 2025.