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A40 crash in the City of London on 31 May 2025 at 13:00 involving a Mercedes Cla Class

A Mercedes Cla Class and a London Taxis Int. TX4 were involved in a crash on the A40 in the City of London at 13:00 on Saturday 31 May 2025. The 25-year-old driver of the Mercedes Cla Class and a passenger in the Mercedes Cla Class were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 May 2025
Saturday, 13:00
Vehicles
2
Mercedes Cla Class and London Taxis Int. TX4
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51825, longitude -0.11138, in the WC1V postcode district and within the built-up area of Camden. It is one of the crashes that make up the Holborn & Covent Garden, Camden, EC1N 7RR area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025010577959
Council area
City of London
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 March 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Cla Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,332 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

  • Vehicle 2: London Taxis Int. TX4

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Engine capacity
    2,499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Cla Class)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from home
    20 to 100 km

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Cla Class)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 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 2025010577959 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the City of London road accident statistics for 2025.