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Oval, Lambeth, SW8 1QE area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
3,456
10th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
3,964
1.15 per collision
Fatal collisions
17
18 people killed
Collisions in 2025
87
Down 19% on 2024

Crash severity at the SW8 1QE hotspot

538 of the 3,456 collisions here (16%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal170.5%
  • Serious52115%
  • Slight2,91884%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
18
Seriously injured
549
Slightly injured
3,397
All casualties
3,964

Accidents by year at the SW8 1QE hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 204 in 2002, against an average of 138 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the SW8 1QE hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 87
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202587100
2024107140
2023103117
2022109120
2021111130
2020110128
2019146165
2018144157
2017159173
2016154180
2015142172
2014136157
2013147159
2012127146
2011157192
2010142157
2009143158
2008121141
2007117134
2006110122
2005136162
2004155175
2003186216
2002204238
2001203225

Map of crashes at the SW8 1QE hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near SW8 1QE.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Oval, Lambeth, SW8 1QE area accident hotspot

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the SW8 1QE 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
Oval
Council area
Lambeth
Nearest postcode to the centre
SW8 1QE
Postcode district
SW8
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.48229, -0.118
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
19 December 2025
Rank by collisions
10th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the SW8 1QE hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A3, with 858 of 3,456, followed by the A203 with 599.

Collisions at the SW8 1QE hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA38589575123
2ndA203599690495
3rdA23532623177
4thA202516619486
5thA3036394459261
6thA3204256290145
7thA3205617006
8thB301313605

Towns near the SW8 1QE hotspot

Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, Lambeth had the most collisions, 3,056 of 3,456.

All 3,456 crashes at the SW8 1QE hotspot

Newest first, from 2 January 2001 to 19 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity