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W1C road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 3,347 road traffic collisions in the W1C postcode district, Westminster, from 1982 to 2025, and 3,696 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 22 were fatal and 574 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 27 collisions, up 35% on 2024 (20).

Collisions since 1982
3,347
1,168th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
3,696
1.10 per collision
Fatal collisions
22
22 people killed
Serious collisions
574
592 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
27
Up 35% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
28
Up 17% on 2024

Road collision statistics for W1C

Collisions by severity, 1982 to 2025

  • Fatal220.7%
  • Serious57417%
  • Slight2,75182%

What the data shows

  • W1C had 290 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 45% fewer than the 523 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in W1C were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 166 children under 16 were killed or injured in W1C, 4.9% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 14% of collisions in W1C.

Where W1C ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,168th
Most casualties
1,418th
Most fatal collisions
2,104th
Most serious collisions
1,284th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday492 (15%)
  • Tuesday495 (15%)
  • Wednesday553 (17%)
  • Thursday534 (16%)
  • Friday543 (16%)
  • Saturday470 (14%)
  • Sunday260 (7.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,522 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit798 (24%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit14 (0.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown11 (0.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,770 (83%)
  • One way street or slip road296 (8.8%)
  • Dual carriageway210 (6.3%)
  • Roundabout25 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded46 (1.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph134 (4%)
  • 30 mph3,205 (96%)
  • 40 mph8 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,984 (89%)
  • Raining, no high winds268 (8%)
  • Fine with high winds12 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds10 (0.3%)
  • Raining with high winds8 (0.2%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.1%)
  • Other25 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded37 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian1,790 (48%)
  • Bus or coach occupant975 (26%)
  • Cyclist369 (10%)
  • Motorcyclist225 (6.1%)
  • Car occupant171 (4.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant115 (3.1%)
  • Van occupant29 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant11 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

W1C road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in W1C, 1982 to 2025

Collisions in W1C peaked at 135 in 2000; 2025 had 27.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 27
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252728
20242024
20232528
20221920
20212225
20201517
20192734
20184955
20173539
20165157
20154043
20145053
20135260
20124647
20114141
20105153
20095059
20086065
20075460
20067990
200588101
20048594
2003129144
2002114130
2001116130
2000135149
1999126140
1998107120
1997104113
1996105118
19957583
19948894
1993109116
1992106113
1991105115
1990103116
198996107
1988100106
1987113120
198696110
1985117126
1984112128
1983100108
1982105117

Map of recent crashes in W1C

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in W1C

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in W1C

The 24 most recent collisions in W1C happened between 19 March and 26 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in W1C

The A40 has the most collisions in W1C, 3,100 of 3,347 (93%), followed by the A41 (106).

Collisions in W1C on each road, 1982 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA403,1003,43318531
2ndA41106112320
3rdB406131504

Council area for W1C

W1C is in Westminster, where police recorded 101,118 collisions from 1979 to 2025. W1C accounts for 3.3% of them.

Town in W1C

All 3,347 collisions in W1C were in City of Westminster.