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W1J road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 3,717 road traffic collisions in the W1J postcode district, Westminster, from 1982 to 2025, and 4,168 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 23 were fatal and 500 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 47 collisions, down 11% on 2024 (53).

Collisions since 1982
3,717
987th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
4,168
1.12 per collision
Fatal collisions
23
23 people killed
Serious collisions
500
538 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
47
Down 11% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
55
Down 13% on 2024

Road collision statistics for W1J

Collisions by severity, 1982 to 2025

  • Fatal230.6%
  • Serious50013%
  • Slight3,19486%

What the data shows

  • W1J had 524 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 19% fewer than the 649 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 14% of collisions in W1J were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 101 children under 16 were killed or injured in W1J, 2.7% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 16% of collisions in W1J.

Where W1J ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
987th
Most casualties
1,258th
Most fatal collisions
2,062nd
Most serious collisions
1,493rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday502 (14%)
  • Tuesday607 (16%)
  • Wednesday650 (17%)
  • Thursday616 (17%)
  • Friday607 (16%)
  • Saturday418 (11%)
  • Sunday317 (8.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,543 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,130 (30%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown25 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit17 (0.5%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,727 (46%)
  • One way street or slip road929 (25%)
  • Dual carriageway695 (19%)
  • Roundabout300 (8.1%)
  • Not recorded66 (1.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph247 (6.6%)
  • 30 mph3,412 (92%)
  • 40 mph52 (1.4%)
  • 50 mph6 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds3,230 (87%)
  • Raining, no high winds340 (9.1%)
  • Fine with high winds26 (0.7%)
  • Raining with high winds16 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (0.1%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (under 0.1%)
  • Other44 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded53 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian1,094 (26%)
  • Motorcyclist897 (22%)
  • Car occupant688 (17%)
  • Cyclist598 (14%)
  • Bus or coach occupant481 (12%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant315 (7.6%)
  • Van occupant60 (1.4%)
  • Minibus occupant13 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)11 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.1%)
  • Other2 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

W1J road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in W1J, 1982 to 2025

Collisions in W1J peaked at 160 in 1984; 2025 had 47.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 47
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20254755
20245363
20235359
20225156
20214147
20204141
20194953
20186882
20176471
20165762
20155159
20147076
201377110
20127987
20116468
20106067
20096270
20086371
20076371
20066073
20056480
20047481
20037885
20028495
20018597
20007886
1999103120
1998119134
199797104
1996102109
19958293
19948594
19938192
19927993
19918291
1990124136
1989136152
1988114128
1987134151
1986139150
1985148157
1984160178
1983150165
1982146156

Map of recent crashes in W1J

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in W1J

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in W1J

The 24 most recent collisions in W1J happened between 27 June and 27 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in W1J

The A4 has the most collisions in W1J, 2,460 of 3,717 (66%), followed by the A4202 (271).

Collisions in W1J on each road, 1982 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA42,4602,78819349
2ndA4202271306033
3rdA4201222703
4thB406121302
5thA4018803

Council area for W1J

W1J is in Westminster, where police recorded 101,118 collisions from 1979 to 2025. W1J accounts for 3.7% of them.

Town in W1J

Of the 3,717 collisions in W1J, 3,572 (96%) were in City of Westminster.