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SW1P road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 3,216 road traffic collisions in the SW1P postcode district, Westminster, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,589 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 16 were fatal and 510 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 35 collisions, down 3% on 2024 (36).

Collisions since 1979
3,216
1,212th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
3,589
1.12 per collision
Fatal collisions
16
16 people killed
Serious collisions
510
535 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
35
Down 3% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
38
Up 3% on 2024

Road collision statistics for SW1P

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal160.5%
  • Serious51016%
  • Slight2,69084%

What the data shows

  • SW1P had 514 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 12% fewer than the 584 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in SW1P were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 155 children under 16 were killed or injured in SW1P, 4.6% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 20% of collisions in SW1P.

Where SW1P ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,212th
Most casualties
1,454th
Most fatal collisions
2,259th
Most serious collisions
1,463rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday470 (15%)
  • Tuesday603 (19%)
  • Wednesday592 (18%)
  • Thursday502 (16%)
  • Friday563 (18%)
  • Saturday271 (8.4%)
  • Sunday215 (6.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,470 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit712 (22%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown23 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit9 (0.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,104 (65%)
  • Dual carriageway438 (14%)
  • Roundabout369 (11%)
  • One way street or slip road262 (8.1%)
  • Not recorded43 (1.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph235 (7.3%)
  • 30 mph2,971 (92%)
  • 40 mph5 (0.2%)
  • 50 mph4 (0.1%)
  • 70 mph1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,713 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds370 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds34 (1.1%)
  • Raining with high winds21 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (0.2%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (under 0.1%)
  • Other34 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded34 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian951 (26%)
  • Cyclist839 (23%)
  • Motorcyclist771 (21%)
  • Car occupant633 (18%)
  • Bus or coach occupant230 (6.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant86 (2.4%)
  • Van occupant51 (1.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant12 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.1%)
  • Other3 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

SW1P road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in SW1P, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in SW1P peaked at 134 in 1982; 2025 had 35.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 35
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20253538
20243637
20234950
20225153
20214850
20204244
20196469
20184851
20177588
20166690
20157178
20148593
20136165
20126465
20115966
20105559
20095664
20083845
20075762
20063843
20055559
20046570
20036668
20028194
200195109
20008295
19998296
19988699
19978186
19966571
19958695
19948290
199391102
19927276
19918393
1990103109
198995106
1988101115
19878495
1986122138
19858499
1984114129
1983108125
1982134159
198100
198000
197911

Map of recent crashes in SW1P

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in SW1P

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in SW1P

The 24 most recent collisions in SW1P happened between 11 May and 16 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in SW1P

The A3212 has the most collisions in SW1P, 1,238 of 3,216 (38%), followed by the A302 (506).

Collisions in SW1P on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA32121,2381,4036205
2ndA302506571163
3rdB323481526282
4thA202227249040
5thB326155176220
6thB324112124018
7thA3203677216
8thA3214333417

Council area for SW1P

SW1P is in Westminster, where police recorded 101,118 collisions from 1979 to 2025. SW1P accounts for 3.2% of them.

Town in SW1P

Of the 3,216 collisions in SW1P, 2,699 (84%) were in City of Westminster.