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Serious unclassified road crash in Westminster WC2E on 7 October 2025 at 18:34 involving a Mini Cooper

A Mini Cooper hit three pedestrians on an unclassified road in Westminster at 18:34 on Tuesday 7 October 2025. A 68-year-old male pedestrian, a 49-year-old male pedestrian and a 62-year-old female pedestrian were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Oct 2025
Tuesday, 18:34
Vehicles
1
Mini Cooper
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51331, longitude -0.12188, in the WC2E postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the St James's, Westminster, WC2H 7JD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Westminster

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025010602407
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Authorised person
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Moderately serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 November 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mini Cooper

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    75 years
    Engine capacity
    1,499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 68, hit by vehicle 1 (Mini Cooper)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 49, hit by vehicle 1 (Mini Cooper)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Serious injury band
    Less serious

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 62, hit by vehicle 1 (Mini Cooper)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Over 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 2025010602407 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.