Slight
Honda Insight crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 28 Dec 2025, 14:00
- Honda Insight, Mercedes V Class and Volkswagen Passat
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025010617744
St James's, Westminster, WC2R 2AB area: accident hotspot
Police recorded 685 road collisions at this accident hotspot in St James's ward, Westminster, from 2001 to 2025, with 770 casualties. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 136 were serious.
In 2025 there were 17 collisions here, up from 16 in 2024.
- Collisions, 2001 to 2025
- 685
- 713th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
- Casualties
- 770
- 1.12 per collision
- Fatal collisions
- 7
- 7 people killed
- Collisions in 2025
- 17
- Up 6% on 2024
Crash severity at the WC2R 2AB hotspot
143 of the 685 collisions here (21%) killed or seriously injured someone.
Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025
- Fatal71%
- Serious13620%
- Slight54279%
People hurt, 2001 to 2025
- Killed
- 7
- Seriously injured
- 142
- Slightly injured
- 621
- All casualties
- 770
Accidents by year at the WC2R 2AB hotspot
Collisions here peaked at 49 in 2001, against an average of 27 a year from 2001 to 2025.
Collisions and casualties at the WC2R 2AB hotspot, 2001 to 2025
- Collisions
- Collisions in 2025: 17
- Casualties
Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data
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| Year | Collisions | Casualties |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | 22 |
| 2024 | 16 | 17 |
| 2023 | 11 | 13 |
| 2022 | 13 | 14 |
| 2021 | 19 | 22 |
| 2020 | 10 | 10 |
| 2019 | 30 | 34 |
| 2018 | 34 | 41 |
| 2017 | 32 | 37 |
| 2016 | 46 | 51 |
| 2015 | 29 | 33 |
| 2014 | 40 | 43 |
| 2013 | 26 | 31 |
| 2012 | 31 | 32 |
| 2011 | 18 | 20 |
| 2010 | 24 | 25 |
| 2009 | 25 | 25 |
| 2008 | 19 | 21 |
| 2007 | 24 | 31 |
| 2006 | 29 | 37 |
| 2005 | 28 | 29 |
| 2004 | 41 | 48 |
| 2003 | 37 | 40 |
| 2002 | 37 | 42 |
| 2001 | 49 | 52 |
Map of crashes at the WC2R 2AB hotspot
The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near WC2R 2AB.
Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the St James's, Westminster, WC2R 2AB 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 WC2R 2AB 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
- St James's
- Council area
- Westminster
- Nearest postcode to the centre
- WC2R 2AB
- Postcode district
- WC2R
- Centre (latitude, longitude)
- 51.50946, -0.11576
- Radius
- 700 metres
- Years covered
- 2001 to 2025
- Years with a collision
- 25 of 25
- Latest collision
- 28 December 2025
- Rank by collisions
- 713th of 12,033 hotspots
Towns near the WC2R 2AB hotspot
Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, City of Westminster had the most collisions, 430 of 685.
Accident hotspots near WC2R 2AB
The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the St James's, Westminster, WC2H 7JD area, 0.9 km away, with 6,948 collisions.
- St James's, Westminster, WC2H 7JD area0.9 km away, 7,717 casualties6,948 collisions
- Waterloo & South Bank, Lambeth, SE1 7GA area0.9 km away, 3,458 casualties3,041 collisions
- Borough & Bankside, Southwark, SE1 9JW area1 km away, 2,508 casualties2,247 collisions
- Holborn & Covent Garden, Camden, EC1N 7RR area1.1 km away, 4,031 casualties3,663 collisions
- Borough & Bankside, Southwark, SE1 0QR area1.3 km away, 849 casualties757 collisions
- St James's, Westminster, SW1Y 5HU area1.4 km away, 1,154 casualties1,017 collisions
- Bloomsbury, Camden, WC1B 5DN area1.5 km away, 890 casualties803 collisions
- Clerkenwell, Islington, EC1V 4AE area1.6 km away, 269 casualties244 collisions
All 685 crashes at the WC2R 2AB hotspot
Newest first, from 18 January 2001 to 28 December 2025, 48 to a page.
Severity
Year
- Slight
Mercedes V Class crash on an unclassified road in Lambeth, 24 Nov 2025, 18:05
- Mercedes V Class and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025010611448
- Serious
BYD Ebus crash on the A301 in Lambeth, 22 Oct 2025, 21:45
- BYD Ebus and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025010605256
- Serious
Bicycle crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 21 Oct 2025, 15:45
- 2 bicycles
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2025010605414
- Slight
Bicycle crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 11 Oct 2025, 12:24
- 1 vehicle, 2 casualties
Ref 2025010603053
- Slight
Bicycle crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 6 Oct 2025, 20:00
- 2 bicycles
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025010602241
- Slight
Bicycle crash on the A3211 in the City of London, 1 Oct 2025, 18:25
- 3 bicycles
- 3 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2025481711429
- Serious
Bicycle crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 27 Sep 2025, 10:05
- 1 vehicle, 2 casualties
Ref 2025010600168
- Serious
Bicycle crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 5 Sep 2025, 16:13
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2025010595812
- Slight
Bicycle crash on the A4 in Westminster, 2 Jun 2025, 09:30
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2025010578259
- Serious
Bicycle crash on the A301 in Westminster, 29 Apr 2025, 17:35
- 2 bicycles
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025010572114
- Serious
Bicycle crash on the A4 in Westminster, 7 Apr 2025, 08:30
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2025010568295
- Serious
Honda WW125 crash on the A3211 in the City of London, 7 Mar 2025, 16:45
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2025481626293
- Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Westminster, 25 Feb 2025, 21:15
- 2 bicycles
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025010561006
- Slight
Renault Master crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 21 Feb 2025, 20:48
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2025010560363
- Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Westminster, 22 Jan 2025, 14:45
- 2 bicycles
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025010555355
- Slight
Peugeot Expert crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 20 Jan 2025, 07:40
- Peugeot Expert and Ford Fiesta
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2025010554852
- Slight
Mitsubishi Outlander crash on the A4 in Westminster, 25 Dec 2024, 12:20
- 2 Mitsubishi Outlanders
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024010551371
- Serious
Wrightbus NB4L crash on the A4 in Westminster, 11 Dec 2024, 18:25
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2024010548695
- Slight
Bicycle crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 14 Nov 2024, 18:10
- 2 bicycles
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024010543941
- Slight
Bicycle crash on a C road in Lambeth, 11 Nov 2024, 10:50
- A bicycle and a van
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024010542987
- Slight
Bicycle crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 13 Oct 2024, 03:40
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2024010537497
- Slight
Bicycle crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 9 Oct 2024, 17:40
- 2 bicycles
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024010536989
- Slight
Bicycle crash on the A4 in Westminster, 2 Oct 2024, 12:50
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2024010535732
- Slight
Renault Trucks Master crash on the A4 in Westminster, 26 Sep 2024, 14:09
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2024010534434
- Serious
Piaggio Medley crash on a C road in Westminster, 26 Sep 2024, 08:21
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2024010535466
- Serious
Car crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 7 Sep 2024, 04:45
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2024010530791
- Slight
Wrightbus NB4L crash on the A301 in Westminster, 24 Aug 2024, 21:00
- Wrightbus NB4L and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024010529179
- Slight
Car crash on a C road in Lambeth, 8 Aug 2024, 17:09
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2024010526110
- Serious
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Lambeth, 8 Aug 2024, 08:45
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2024010526070
- Serious
Ducati Scrambler crash on the A301 in Westminster, 4 Jul 2024, 09:05
- Ducati Scrambler and Kia Picanto
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024010519883
- Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A3200 in Lambeth, 22 Jun 2024, 15:19
- Ford Transit and a ridden horse
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2024010517745
- Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Westminster, 27 Feb 2024, 06:40
- A motorcycle and a lorry
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024010503723
- Slight
BMW X6 crash on the A3200 in Lambeth, 23 Dec 2023, 21:05
- BMW X6 and an e-scooter
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023010485776
- Slight
Mercedes AMG Class crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 23 Nov 2023, 00:59
- Mercedes AMG Class and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023010479630
- Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the A4 in Westminster, 15 Nov 2023, 09:45
- Volkswagen Transporter and Volvo
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023010478146
- Slight
DAF Trucks crash on an unclassified road in Lambeth, 26 Sep 2023, 13:05
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2023010468380
- Serious
Bicycle crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 9 Sep 2023, 12:51
- 2 bicycles
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2023011380373
- Slight
Bicycle crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 18 May 2023, 18:52
- 2 bicycles
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023010443783
- Slight
Taxi crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 15 Apr 2023, 23:38
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2023010437647
- Slight
Bicycle crash on the A3211 in the City of London, 21 Mar 2023, 10:52
- 2 bicycles
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023481359151
- Serious
Bicycle crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 21 Feb 2023, 18:10
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2023010428457
- Slight
Bicycle crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 31 Jan 2023, 09:00
- 2 bicycles
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2023010424509
- Slight
Bicycle crash on the A4 in Westminster, 17 Jan 2023, 08:40
- A bicycle and a lorry
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023010422117
- Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 4 Nov 2022, 06:31
- Ford Galaxy and Yamaha MT
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022010408340
- Slight
Bicycle crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 23 Aug 2022, 19:05
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2022010395501
- Slight
Bicycle crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 13 Aug 2022, 13:20
- A bicycle and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022010393982
- Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the A4 in Westminster, 20 Jul 2022, 14:15
- Mercedes Vito and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022010390988