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Earl's Court, Kensington and Chelsea, SW5 9SH area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
2,667
35th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
3,069
1.15 per collision
Fatal collisions
33
33 people killed
Collisions in 2025
64
Down 26% on 2024

Crash severity at the SW5 9SH hotspot

419 of the 2,667 collisions here (16%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal331.2%
  • Serious38614%
  • Slight2,24884%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
33
Seriously injured
411
Slightly injured
2,625
All casualties
3,069

Accidents by year at the SW5 9SH hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 163 in 2001, against an average of 107 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the SW5 9SH hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 64
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20256470
20248695
202391107
20228593
202196113
20208188
2019104124
2018101107
2017101112
2016103111
201596109
2014123140
2013104114
2012104113
2011115130
2010104115
200995115
2008126144
2007127168
2006124143
2005127146
2004103115
2003137174
2002107141
2001163182

Map of crashes at the SW5 9SH hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near SW5 9SH.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Earl's Court, Kensington and Chelsea, SW5 9SH 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 SW5 9SH 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
Earl's Court
Nearest postcode to the centre
SW5 9SH
Postcode district
SW5
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.49307, -0.19916
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
22 December 2025
Rank by collisions
35th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the SW5 9SH hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A3220, with 698 of 2,667, followed by the A4 with 559.

Collisions at the SW5 9SH hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA32206987901386
2ndA45597061582
3rdA315406446060
4thB317325378460
5thA3218257285138
6thB3168085010
7thB3143849010

Towns near the SW5 9SH hotspot

Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, Kensington and Chelsea had the most collisions, 1,961 of 2,667.

All 2,667 crashes at the SW5 9SH hotspot

Newest first, from 2 January 2001 to 22 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity