A4 crash in Westminster on 16 March 2025 at 23:32 involving a Jaguar XE Series
A Jaguar XE Series, a Toyota Corolla taxi and an Audi A5 were involved in a crash on the A4 in Westminster at 23:32 on Sunday 16 March 2025. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Mar 2025
- Sunday, 23:32
- Vehicles
- 3
- Jaguar XE Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50728, longitude -0.12855, in the WC2N postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the St James's, Westminster, WC2H 7JD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010564350
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 May 2010.
Slight
Taxi crash on the A3212 in Westminster, 26 May 2010
6 m awayRef 201001CW11023
Serious
Wrightbus NB4L crash on the A4 in Westminster, 13 December 2024
6 m awayRef 2024010548955
Slight
Dennis crash on the A4 in Westminster, 1 June 2009
9 m awayRef 200901CW11053
Slight
Taxi crash on the A4 in Westminster, 20 May 1994
9 m awayRef 199401CX00174
Serious
MCW crash on the A4 in Westminster, 23 September 2001
9 m awayRef 200101DM01892
Slight
BMW X5 crash on the A4 in Westminster, 7 June 2024
14 m awayRef 2024010514971
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Jaguar XE Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 3: Audi A5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jaguar XE Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jaguar XE Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 49, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 40, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2025010564350 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Westminster road accident statistics for 2025.