C road crash in Westminster W1H on 8 August 2025 at 22:00 involving an Audi Q3
An Audi Q3 and an Audi A5 were involved in a crash on a C road in Westminster at 22:00 on Friday 8 August 2025. The 29-year-old male driver of the Audi Q3 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Aug 2025
- Friday, 22:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi Q3 and Audi A5
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51616, longitude -0.15602, in the W1H postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Marylebone, Westminster, W1H 7HN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010591051
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
- 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 serious injury crash on 4 October 2015.
Serious
Bus crash on a C road in Westminster, 4 October 2015
6 m awayRef 201501CW11495
Serious
Car crash on the A41 in Westminster, 9 April 1984
15 m awayRef 198401DM00131
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Westminster, 10 June 2014
30 m awayRef 201401CW10896
Slight
Yamaha crash on a C road in Westminster, 8 November 2004
39 m awayRef 200401CW10129
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A41 in Westminster, 9 February 2000
48 m awayRef 200001DM00258
Slight
Mercedes S Class crash on the A41 in Westminster, 26 September 2021
50 m awayRef 2021010334510
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi Q3
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 2: Audi A5
Car
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi Q3)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 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 2025010591051 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.