Crap Towns / Southwark / Roads
How dangerous are the roads in Southwark?
There were 6.3 fatal or serious road collisions per 10,000 people a year in Southwark from 2021 to 2025, 2.6 times the typical town's 2.4. In 2025 it was 6.7, up from 5.5 in 2021.
The Elephant's roundabouts have been rebuilt so often even the buses look lost.
| Period | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5.5 | 2.3 |
| 2022 | 5.8 | 2.4 |
| 2023 | 6.3 | 2.4 |
| 2024 | 7.0 | 2.4 |
| 2025 | 6.7 | 2.5 |
| Town | Distance | Collisions per 10,000 people a year |
|---|---|---|
| City of London | 4.6 km | 61.0 |
| Westminster | 7.4 km | 11.9 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 8.7 km | 8.1 |
| Southwark | – | 6.3 |
| Lambeth | 3.8 km | 6.1 |
| Wandsworth | 8.2 km | 5.1 |
| Tower Hamlets | 5.4 km | 5.1 |
| Hackney | 8.7 km | 5.0 |
| Islington | 8.6 km | 4.6 |
| Lewisham | 4.7 km | 4.0 |
| Greenwich | 9.0 km | 3.5 |
| The typical town | – | 2.4 |