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Serious C road crash in Westminster W2 on 27 December 2025 at 18:55 involving a Mercedes Sprinter

A Mercedes Sprinter and a Ford C-Max were involved in a crash on a C road in Westminster at 18:55 on Saturday 27 December 2025. A 38-year-old male passenger in the Mercedes Sprinter was seriously injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Dec 2025
Saturday, 18:55
Vehicles
2
Mercedes Sprinter and Ford C-Max
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51752, longitude -0.18221, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025010619213
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

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
A
Second road number
4206

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 July 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter

    Other vehicle

    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    2,987 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

  • Vehicle 2: Ford C-Max

    Car

    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Sprinter)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most 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 2025010619213 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.