A5 crash in Westminster on 30 December 2025 at 22:46 involving a Royal Enfield Bullet motorcycle
A Royal Enfield Bullet motorcycle and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the A5 in Westminster at 22:46 on Tuesday 30 December 2025. The 36-year-old male rider of the Royal Enfield Bullet motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Dec 2025
- Tuesday, 22:46
- Vehicles
- 2
- Royal Enfield Bullet and Audi A3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52185, longitude -0.17283, 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 Little Venice, Westminster, W2 1LH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010618093
- 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
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 July 2020.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A5 in Westminster, 7 July 2020
2 m awayRef 2020010256212
Slight
Benelli Tornado crash on the A5 in Westminster, 23 November 2021
4 m awayRef 2021010345640
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A5 in Westminster, 1 October 2009
4 m awayRef 200901CW12070
Slight
Audi 80 crash on the A5 in Westminster, 23 March 2002
4 m awayRef 200201DM00471
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A5 in Westminster, 10 October 2013
4 m awayRef 201301CW11617
Slight
Honda Insight crash on the A5 in Westminster, 13 October 2016
4 m awayRef 2016010023625
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Royal Enfield Bullet
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 36, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Royal Enfield Bullet)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2025010618093 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.