A4 crash in Westminster on 1 July 2025 at 13:55 involving a Tesla Model 3
A Tesla Model 3 and a Vmoto Cpa motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4 in Westminster at 13:55 on Tuesday 1 July 2025. The 63-year-old male driver of the Tesla Model 3 and the 31-year-old male rider of the Vmoto Cpa motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Jul 2025
- Tuesday, 13:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Tesla Model 3 and Vmoto Cpa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50429, longitude -0.14784, in the W1J postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Knightsbridge & Belgravia, Westminster, SW1X 7BY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010584013
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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 23 March 2019.
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A4 in Westminster, 23 March 2019
2 m awayRef 2019010170996
Slight
Piaggio Vespa crash on the A4 in Westminster, 28 November 2006
3 m awayRef 200601CW11760
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on the A4 in Westminster, 18 January 1991
3 m awayRef 199101CV00013
Slight
Taxi crash on the A4 in Westminster, 7 October 1986
3 m awayRef 198601CV00252
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4 in Westminster, 9 April 1982
3 m awayRef 1982010AD0068
Slight
Wrightbus NB4L crash on the A4 in Westminster, 20 October 2022
6 m awayRef 2022010405518
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Tesla Model 3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Vmoto Cpa
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Tesla Model 3)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightMale, aged 31, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Vmoto Cpa)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2025010584013 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.