The Metropolitan Police are appealing for witnesses after a pensioner was critically injured in a multi-vehicle collision in Catford last week.

Emergency services responded to reports of a three-car accident on Brownhill Road in Catford at 7.10am Friday 10 January. The collision took place at the junction with St. Fillans Road.

An 81-year-old man was taken to the hospital in critical condition and next of kin have been informed.

Police have said that the man had been traveling along Brownhill Road in a silver VW Polo when a flat bed lorry collided with the rear of his vehicle. The VW Polo was knocked into the path of a Mercedes Viano.

Both the van and lorry drivers stopped at the scene. No arrests have been made while enquiries are on going.

Anybody with information is asked to call investigators at Catford Traffic Garage at 020 8285 1574.