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St James's, Westminster, WC2H 7JD area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 6,948 road collisions at this accident hotspot in St James's ward, Westminster, from 2001 to 2025, with 7,717 casualties. Of those collisions, 30 were fatal and 1,054 were serious.

In 2025 there were 205 collisions here, down from 215 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
6,948
Busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
7,717
1.11 per collision
Fatal collisions
30
30 people killed
Collisions in 2025
205
Down 5% on 2024

Crash severity at the WC2H 7JD hotspot

1,084 of the 6,948 collisions here (16%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal300.4%
  • Serious1,05415%
  • Slight5,86484%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
30
Seriously injured
1,091
Slightly injured
6,596
All casualties
7,717

Accidents by year at the WC2H 7JD hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 482 in 2001, against an average of 278 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the WC2H 7JD hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 205
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025205228
2024215236
2023210234
2022232247
2021157176
2020109118
2019277303
2018250268
2017307346
2016241274
2015274321
2014254287
2013291343
2012270305
2011302339
2010255290
2009245273
2008253273
2007277303
2006312339
2005302329
2004408441
2003411449
2002409461
2001482534

Map of crashes at the WC2H 7JD hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near WC2H 7JD.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the St James's, Westminster, WC2H 7JD area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the WC2H 7JD hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre.

Ward
St James's
Council area
Westminster
Nearest postcode to the centre
WC2H 7JD
Postcode district
WC2H
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.51206, -0.1282
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
28 December 2025
Rank by collisions
1st of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the WC2H 7JD hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A4, with 1,661 of 6,948, followed by the A400 with 943.

Collisions at the WC2H 7JD hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA41,6611,8828270
2ndA4009431,0604163
3rdA409001,0114133
4thA4017598244107
5thA4201248271134
6thA3212206239124
7thB401183190133
8thA4200161186026
9thB308159175122
10thA3211119141319
11thB402112120011
12thB404889307
13thA301626908
14thB522121401
15thB4007701
16thB5061100

Towns near the WC2H 7JD hotspot

Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, City of Westminster had the most collisions, 5,167 of 6,948.

Accident hotspots near WC2H 7JD

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the St James's, Westminster, WC2R 2AB area, 0.9 km away, with 685 collisions.

All 6,948 crashes at the WC2H 7JD hotspot

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

Severity