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SW1E road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,347 road traffic collisions in the SW1E postcode district, Westminster, from 1982 to 2025, and 1,515 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 232 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 17 collisions, up from 15 in 2024.

Collisions since 1982
1,347
2,033rd of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,515
1.12 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
10 people killed
Serious collisions
232
245 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
17
15 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
30
19 in 2024

Road collision statistics for SW1E

Collisions by severity, 1982 to 2025

  • Fatal100.7%
  • Serious23217%
  • Slight1,10582%

What the data shows

  • SW1E had 134 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 36% fewer than the 211 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in SW1E were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in SW1E are between noon and 3pm, with 24% of collisions.
  • 58 children under 16 were killed or injured in SW1E, 4.1% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where SW1E ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,033rd
Most casualties
2,162nd
Most fatal collisions
2,425th
Most serious collisions
2,166th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday216 (16%)
  • Tuesday216 (16%)
  • Wednesday238 (18%)
  • Thursday217 (16%)
  • Friday246 (18%)
  • Saturday124 (9.2%)
  • Sunday90 (6.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,052 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit286 (21%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (0.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway831 (62%)
  • One way street or slip road384 (29%)
  • Dual carriageway104 (7.7%)
  • Roundabout7 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded21 (1.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph66 (4.9%)
  • 30 mph1,280 (95%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,165 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds142 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds15 (1.1%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other13 (1%)
  • Not recorded9 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian586 (39%)
  • Motorcyclist263 (17%)
  • Bus or coach occupant200 (13%)
  • Cyclist187 (12%)
  • Car occupant175 (12%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant70 (4.6%)
  • Van occupant16 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

SW1E road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in SW1E, 1982 to 2025

Collisions in SW1E peaked at 57 in 1990; 2025 had 17.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251730
20241519
202388
20221517
20211010
202067
20191318
20181921
20171717
20161416
20151920
20141011
20132123
20121922
20112626
20102022
20092528
20082632
20072025
20062531
20051820
20043136
20032527
20023036
20013133
20003943
19995357
19984042
19973740
19964247
19953440
19944851
19934448
19924546
19915057
19905762
19895765
19884550
19875460
19863438
19855772
19844851
19835155
19823236

Map of recent crashes in SW1E

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in SW1E

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in SW1E

The 24 most recent collisions in SW1E happened between 14 August 2024 and 19 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in SW1E

The A302 has the most collisions in SW1E, 685 of 1,347 (51%), followed by the B323 (135).

Collisions in SW1E on each road, 1982 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3026857794119
2ndB323135144020
3rdA3214115138115
4thA2028391215
5thA32176471015

Council area for SW1E

SW1E is in Westminster, where police recorded 101,118 collisions from 1979 to 2025. SW1E accounts for 1.3% of them.

Town in SW1E

All 1,347 collisions in SW1E were in City of Westminster.