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Sydenham, Lewisham, SE26 4ER area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
986
373rd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
1,205
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Collisions in 2025
32
Down 33% on 2024

Crash severity at the SE26 4ER hotspot

117 of the 986 collisions here (12%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal50.5%
  • Serious11211%
  • Slight86988%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
5
Seriously injured
120
Slightly injured
1,080
All casualties
1,205

Accidents by year at the SE26 4ER hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 54 in 2015, against an average of 39 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the SE26 4ER hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20253241
20244858
20233034
20223442
20213548
20203442
20192433
20184150
20175063
20163748
20155461
20144655
20134654
20123641
20113139
20104250
20094251
20083950
20073040
20063639
20053943
20044755
20034660
20025062
20013746

Map of crashes at the SE26 4ER hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near SE26 4ER.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Sydenham, Lewisham, SE26 4ER area accident hotspot

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

  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the SE26 4ER 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
Sydenham
Council area
Lewisham
Nearest postcode to the centre
SE26 4ER
Postcode district
SE26
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.42778, -0.04337
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
28 December 2025
Rank by collisions
373rd of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the SE26 4ER hotspot

Most collisions at this hotspot were on the A212, with 601 of 986, followed by the A2218 with 112.

Collisions at the SE26 4ER hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA212601719265
2ndA2218112154012
3rdB227536809
4thA2138802

Towns near the SE26 4ER hotspot

Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, Lewisham had the most collisions, 976 of 986.

All 986 crashes at the SE26 4ER hotspot

Newest first, from 4 January 2001 to 28 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year