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EC2V road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 594 road traffic collisions in the EC2V postcode district, City of London, from 1979 to 2025, and 636 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 83 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 10 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
594
2,368th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
636
1.07 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
83
86 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
10
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
11
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for EC2V

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal20.3%
  • Serious8314%
  • Slight50986%

What the data shows

  • EC2V had 78 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 41% fewer than the 133 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 14% of collisions in EC2V were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in EC2V are between noon and 3pm, with 25% of collisions.
  • 8 children under 16 were killed or injured in EC2V, 1.3% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where EC2V ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,368th
Most casualties
2,449th
Most fatal collisions
2,634th
Most serious collisions
2,500th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday96 (16%)
  • Tuesday137 (23%)
  • Wednesday112 (19%)
  • Thursday107 (18%)
  • Friday96 (16%)
  • Saturday26 (4.4%)
  • Sunday20 (3.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight501 (84%)
  • Dark, street lights lit87 (15%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway494 (83%)
  • Dual carriageway49 (8.2%)
  • One way street or slip road45 (7.6%)
  • Not recorded6 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph86 (14%)
  • 30 mph489 (82%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded18 (3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds529 (89%)
  • Raining, no high winds44 (7.4%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other5 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded8 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian271 (43%)
  • Cyclist133 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist119 (19%)
  • Car occupant55 (8.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant27 (4.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant20 (3.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.6%)
  • Van occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

EC2V road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in EC2V, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in EC2V peaked at 25 in 1987; 2025 had 10.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 10
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251011
202422
202356
202244
202177
202022
20191717
201888
20171010
20161314
20152022
20142022
20131011
20121213
20111820
20101010
200945
20081212
20071314
20061417
200588
200455
20031313
20021314
20011113
20001111
199999
19981919
19971314
19961214
19952324
199499
19931818
19922225
19911313
19902122
19891212
1988910
19872526
198644
19851717
19841414
19832024
19821720
19811820
19801618
19791113

Map of recent crashes in EC2V

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in EC2V

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in EC2V

The 24 most recent collisions in EC2V happened between 19 September 2021 and 14 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in EC2V

The A40 has the most collisions in EC2V, 94 of 594 (16%), followed by the A1 (29).

Collisions in EC2V on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA409410209
2ndA1292904
3rdB128252704
4thA1211182102
5thA3008900
6thA43501

Council area for EC2V

EC2V is in the City of London, where police recorded 16,320 collisions from 1979 to 2025. EC2V accounts for 3.6% of them.

Town in EC2V

All 594 collisions in EC2V were in City and County of the City of London.