C road crash in Westminster W2 on 1 December 2025 at 19:40 involving an LEVC TX taxi
An LEVC TX taxi and a bicycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Westminster at 19:40 on Monday 1 December 2025. The 45-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Dec 2025
- Monday, 19:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- LEVC TX and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51746, longitude -0.19585, 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 Colville, Kensington and Chelsea, W11 1AL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010612801
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 13 September 1989.
Slight
Bus crash on the A4207 in Westminster, 13 September 1989
1 m awayRef 198901DR00239
Slight
Mercedes 500 crash on the A4207 in Westminster, 6 April 1990
1 m awayRef 199001DR00094
Slight
Volvo crash on a C road in Westminster, 11 November 2016
1 m awayRef 2016010001349
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Westminster, 1 August 1993
1 m awayRef 199301DR00177
Slight
Taxi crash on the A4207 in Westminster, 2 September 1988
1 m awayRef 198801DR00186
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on a C road in Westminster, 27 October 2018
1 m awayRef 2018010141628
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: LEVC TX
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,477 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 45, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2025010612801 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.