Road crashes in Southwark

26,884 recorded collisions since 2000.

Southwark has recorded 26,884 road collisions since 2000, 135 of them fatal and 3,603 causing serious injury. That makes it the 18th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 14% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 5 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 42% since 2000, from 1,515 to 875 in 2024. The A202 is the most affected road locally, with 2,584 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.