A5 crash in Westminster on 15 September 2025 at 06:45 involving a Toyota Yaris
A Toyota Yaris and an Alexander Dennis bus were involved in a crash on the A5 in Westminster at 06:45 on Monday 15 September 2025. The 34-year-old female driver of the Toyota Yaris was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Sep 2025
- Monday, 06:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Yaris and Alexander Dennis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51469, longitude -0.16253, 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
- 2025010597645
- 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
- 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
- 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 2 July 2014.
Slight
Yamaha Ybr 125 crash on the A5 in Westminster, 2 July 2014
2 m awayRef 201401CW10916
Slight
Triumph TT600 crash on the A5 in Westminster, 16 March 2005
2 m awayRef 200501CW10456
Slight
Yamaha XJ 600 N crash on the A5 in Westminster, 19 March 2005
2 m awayRef 200501CW10380
Slight
Van crash on the A5 in Westminster, 20 October 2014
2 m awayRef 201401CW11601
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A5 in Westminster, 13 November 1995
8 m awayRef 199501DP00440
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A5 in Westminster, 8 January 1996
8 m awayRef 199601DP00037
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,329 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Alexander Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2025010597645 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.