Serious A202 crash in Southwark on 21 December 2025 at 02:55 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa hit two pedestrians on the A202 in Southwark at 02:55 on Sunday 21 December 2025. A 33-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured and a 28-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 21 Dec 2025
- Sunday, 02:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47361, longitude -0.06959, in the SE15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark. It is one of the crashes that make up the Peckham, Southwark, SE15 5UW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Southwark
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010616697
- Council area
- Southwark
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 202
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 February 2011.
Slight
Car crash on the A202 in Southwark, 23 February 2011
4 m awayRef 201101TB00227
Serious
Renault Megane crash on the A202 in Southwark, 16 June 2001
4 m awayRef 200101MM00779
Slight
Honda CG125B crash on the A202 in Southwark, 15 October 1990
4 m awayRef 199001MM00528
Slight
Dennis crash on the A202 in Southwark, 13 August 2008
4 m awayRef 200801MM70734
Slight
Car crash on the A202 in Southwark, 8 April 1988
4 m awayRef 198801MM00144
Slight
Volvo crash on the A202 in Southwark, 26 October 2011
4 m awayRef 201101MM70832
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 28, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 33, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 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 2025010616697 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.