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Bloomsbury, Camden, WC1B 5DN area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
803
543rd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
890
1.11 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Collisions in 2025
18
Down 14% on 2024

Crash severity at the WC1B 5DN hotspot

130 of the 803 collisions here (16%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal20.2%
  • Serious12816%
  • Slight67384%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
2
Seriously injured
131
Slightly injured
757
All casualties
890

Accidents by year at the WC1B 5DN hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 63 in 2001, against an average of 32 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the WC1B 5DN hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 18
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251819
20242124
20231515
20222122
20211920
202077
20193542
20183334
20172526
20163537
20153341
20145559
20133133
20123034
20113435
20103740
20092631
20083438
20072730
20063035
20054045
20043945
20034953
20024658
20016367

Map of crashes at the WC1B 5DN hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near WC1B 5DN.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Bloomsbury, Camden, WC1B 5DN area accident hotspot

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the WC1B 5DN hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.

Ward
Bloomsbury
Council area
Camden
Nearest postcode to the centre
WC1B 5DN
Postcode district
WC1B
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.52136, -0.12695
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
28 November 2025
Rank by collisions
543rd of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the WC1B 5DN hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A4200, with 255 of 803, followed by the A400 with 125.

Collisions at the WC1B 5DN hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4200255293140
2ndA400125146026
3rdA406470112
4thA501383904
5thB506212204
6thA401181806
7thB502111200
8thB5042200
9thB5221100

Towns near the WC1B 5DN hotspot

All 803 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Camden.

All 803 crashes at the WC1B 5DN hotspot

Newest first, from 2 January 2001 to 28 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year