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Unclassified road crash in Westminster W1U on 14 October 2025 at 19:25 involving a Mercedes Vito taxi

Five vehicles, including a car and a Mercedes Vito taxi, were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Westminster at 19:25 on Tuesday 14 October 2025. The 51-year-old male cyclist 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
14 Oct 2025
Tuesday, 19:25
Vehicles
5
Mercedes Vito and 4 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52074, longitude -0.1558, in the W1U 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
2025010603704
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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

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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 May 2016.

Vehicles involved (5)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Fuel or propulsion
    Electric

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes Vito

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

  • Vehicle 3: Land Rover Range Rover

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    2,996 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,229 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 5: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, on vehicle 5 (Bicycle)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 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 2025010603704 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.