A200 crash in Southwark on 31 December 2025 at 08:17 involving a Mercedes Cla Class
A Mercedes Cla Class, a Porsche Cayenne and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A200 in Southwark at 08:17 on Wednesday 31 December 2025. The 27-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Cla Class was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2025
- Wednesday, 08:17
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mercedes Cla Class and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49846, longitude -0.06944, in the SE16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Bermondsey, Southwark, SE16 4BN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Southwark
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010618310
- Council area
- Southwark
- 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
- 200
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 June 2021.
Serious
Car crash on the A200 in Southwark, 26 June 2021
4 m awayRef 2021010315917
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A200 in Southwark, 28 September 2009
5 m awayRef 200901MM70768
Slight
Bus crash on the A200 in Southwark, 29 September 1982
5 m awayRef 1982010MD0496
Serious
Toyota Prius crash on the A200 in Southwark, 23 June 2023
6 m awayRef 2023010451058
Slight
Volvo crash on the A200 in Southwark, 12 September 2002
10 m awayRef 200201MM01163
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A200 in Southwark, 15 May 1983
10 m awayRef 1983010MD0229
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Cla Class
Car
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Porsche Cayenne
Car
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Cla Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most 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 2025010618310 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.