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West End, Westminster, W1W 6BT area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
3,992
5th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
4,505
1.13 per collision
Fatal collisions
19
19 people killed
Collisions in 2025
125
Up 29% on 2024

Crash severity at the W1W 6BT hotspot

623 of the 3,992 collisions here (16%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal190.5%
  • Serious60415%
  • Slight3,36984%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
19
Seriously injured
628
Slightly injured
3,858
All casualties
4,505

Accidents by year at the W1W 6BT hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 288 in 2001, against an average of 160 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the W1W 6BT hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 125
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025125133
202497110
2023115134
2022109118
2021103111
202098108
2019160176
2018154167
2017169193
2016152178
2015136162
2014170195
2013155175
2012159174
2011152162
2010158176
2009139158
2008152180
2007146175
2006175191
2005186208
2004195217
2003255290
2002244277
2001288337

Map of crashes at the W1W 6BT hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near W1W 6BT.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the West End, Westminster, W1W 6BT area accident hotspot

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

  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the W1W 6BT 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
West End
Council area
Westminster
Nearest postcode to the centre
W1W 6BT
Postcode district
W1W
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.51923, -0.14141
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
24 December 2025
Rank by collisions
5th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the W1W 6BT hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A40, with 831 of 3,992, followed by the A4201 with 747.

Collisions at the W1W 6BT hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA408319213160
2ndA42017478585116
3rdA501563679377
4thA400535602586
5thB506270296032
6thA5204106119020
7thB4066600

Towns near the W1W 6BT hotspot

Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, City of Westminster had the most collisions, 2,577 of 3,992.

All 3,992 crashes at the W1W 6BT hotspot

Newest first, from 2 January 2001 to 24 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity