A5 crash in Westminster on 13 September 2025 at 01:43 involving a Tesla Model 3
A Tesla Model 3 and a Yamaha GPD motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A5 in Westminster at 01:43 on Saturday 13 September 2025. The 62-year-old male rider of the Yamaha GPD motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Sep 2025
- Saturday, 01:43
- Vehicles
- 2
- Tesla Model 3 and Yamaha GPD
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5158, longitude -0.16415, in the W2 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
- 2025010597289
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 5
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 18 July 2024.
Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the A5 in Westminster, 18 July 2024
2 m awayRef 2024010522397
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A5 in Westminster, 6 September 2020
3 m awayRef 2020010266137
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A5 in Westminster, 7 August 1995
3 m awayRef 199501DP00309
Slight
Leyland Aec crash on the A5 in Westminster, 31 May 1994
3 m awayRef 199401DD00209
Serious
Car crash on the A5 in Westminster, 5 August 2010
3 m awayRef 201001TB00445
Slight
Mercedes 200 crash on the A5 in Westminster, 29 January 1999
3 m awayRef 199901DP00029
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Tesla Model 3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
Vehicle 2: Yamaha GPD
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 62, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha GPD)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 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 2025010597289 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.