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Downham, Lewisham, BR1 5LW area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
837
502nd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
1,036
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Collisions in 2025
24
Up 4% on 2024

Crash severity at the BR1 5LW hotspot

135 of the 837 collisions here (16%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal40.5%
  • Serious13116%
  • Slight70284%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
4
Seriously injured
136
Slightly injured
896
All casualties
1,036

Accidents by year at the BR1 5LW hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 48 in 2005, against an average of 33 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the BR1 5LW hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 24
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252428
20242327
20233950
20223035
20213036
20202733
20193335
20182637
20173139
20162836
20153135
20143448
20133442
20122935
20114252
20104150
20092731
20081720
20073249
20062732
20054864
20044657
20034754
20024852
20014359

Map of crashes at the BR1 5LW hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near BR1 5LW.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Downham, Lewisham, BR1 5LW area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the BR1 5LW hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.

Ward
Downham
Council area
Lewisham
Nearest postcode to the centre
BR1 5LW
Postcode district
BR1
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.4314, 0.01759
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
21 December 2025
Rank by collisions
502nd of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the BR1 5LW hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A2212, with 256 of 837, followed by the B226 with 76.

Collisions at the BR1 5LW hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA2212256330451
2ndB226769109

Towns near the BR1 5LW hotspot

Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, Lewisham had the most collisions, 824 of 837.

All 837 crashes at the BR1 5LW hotspot

Newest first, from 3 January 2001 to 21 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year