A205 speeds are low, so a blowout between Forest Hill and Tulse Hill is less violent than at bypass speed, but a car sagging onto its rim in the single lane still needs a side street, not a stop.
Bursts on the South Circular often involve tyres already weakened by kerbs: a shoulder cut at the Catford gyratory weeks earlier finally lets go on Dulwich Common, or a pinched sidewall from Wandsworth splits on the Upper Richmond Road. Hold the wheel firmly and ease off gradually, avoiding hard braking. The danger is stopping in a single-lane stretch through Forest Hill or Tulse Hill, where buses and lorries stack up behind. If the wheel still answers, indicate and roll into the first residential turning.
Once off the A205 and parked legally, text or call with the street and tyre size. A tyre that has burst is always replaced, so the fitter brings the right size across the river from Brent Cross. The rim is checked for the gouges that come from rolling on it along Dulwich Common, and the matching tyre on the axle is looked at for the same kerb damage. The cost is settled during that call.
The same Brent Cross team also handles emergency mobile tyre fitting and 24 hour tyre repair on the A205 South Circular, booked on the same call.
A Forest Hill or Tulse Hill residential road, Dulwich Park car park, the Southside car park in Wandsworth, a Putney side street, Kew Retail Park. If the car will not move in a South Circular lane, hazards on and 999 before anything else.
| Road | A205 South Circular Road |
|---|---|
| Operator | Transport for London |
What to do after a burst tyre →Burst tyre replacement on the A205 South Circular page
A burst on Catford Road or Catford Hill calls for the nearest side street, not a stop on the A205 itself. Turn into a residential road in Ladywell or Catford South once the car is under control. Ring with the road name and a landmark such as Catford station, and keep everyone on the pavement while you wait.
Once rolled into a Dulwich side road, stop, flick the hazards on and get every passenger onto the Dulwich pavement. If the car died in the single lane through Tulse Hill and you can get out safely, leave it, reach the footway and dial 999, as a blocked red route needs the police and TfL first. Never walk in the road to look at the tyre. Driving on the rim for even a few streets gouges the wheel, so the fitter checks the rim and the matching tyre after fitting.
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Blowout on the A205? If it handles, roll into a side street or Southside, then send the size.
