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W1K road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 3,754 road traffic collisions in the W1K postcode district, Westminster, from 1982 to 2025, and 4,346 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 23 were fatal and 480 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 49 collisions, up 11% on 2024 (44).

Collisions since 1982
3,754
970th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
4,346
1.16 per collision
Fatal collisions
23
23 people killed
Serious collisions
480
506 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
49
Up 11% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
53
Up 4% on 2024

Road collision statistics for W1K

Collisions by severity, 1982 to 2025

  • Fatal230.6%
  • Serious48013%
  • Slight3,25187%

What the data shows

  • W1K had 595 collisions from 2016 to 2025, about the same as the 601 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 13% of collisions in W1K were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 124 children under 16 were killed or injured in W1K, 3.1% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 18% of collisions in W1K.

Where W1K ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
970th
Most casualties
1,206th
Most fatal collisions
2,062nd
Most serious collisions
1,545th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday541 (14%)
  • Tuesday573 (15%)
  • Wednesday565 (15%)
  • Thursday604 (16%)
  • Friday666 (18%)
  • Saturday457 (12%)
  • Sunday348 (9.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,678 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,038 (28%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown23 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit10 (0.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,350 (36%)
  • One way street or slip road1,191 (32%)
  • Dual carriageway1,056 (28%)
  • Roundabout90 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded67 (1.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph234 (6.2%)
  • 30 mph3,080 (82%)
  • 40 mph433 (12%)
  • 50 mph5 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds3,185 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds402 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds35 (0.9%)
  • Raining with high winds23 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (0.2%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (under 0.1%)
  • Other39 (1%)
  • Not recorded60 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,086 (25%)
  • Pedestrian930 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist793 (18%)
  • Cyclist582 (13%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant435 (10%)
  • Bus or coach occupant412 (9.5%)
  • Van occupant78 (1.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant12 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant8 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

W1K road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in W1K, 1982 to 2025

Collisions in W1K peaked at 173 in 1982; 2025 had 49.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 49
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20254953
20244451
20235563
20225969
20214452
20203134
20196165
20188599
20178597
20168295
20156675
20146878
20135459
20125570
20116171
20104447
20095874
20087288
20076881
20065571
20056574
20047485
200388101
200283105
2001101120
200084102
199999126
1998105121
199799115
199696108
19957075
199494112
199397122
199286106
19918592
1990145159
1989104118
1988136162
1987120131
1986109127
1985157169
1984153173
1983135161
1982173190

Map of recent crashes in W1K

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in W1K

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in W1K

The 24 most recent collisions in W1K happened between 14 August and 31 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in W1K

The A4202 has the most collisions in W1K, 1,710 of 3,754 (46%), followed by the A40 (641).

Collisions in W1K on each road, 1982 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA42021,7102,04712215
2ndA40641691682
3rdB406212602
4thA4182702
5thA42013300

Council area for W1K

W1K is in Westminster, where police recorded 101,118 collisions from 1979 to 2025. W1K accounts for 3.7% of them.

Town in W1K

Of the 3,754 collisions in W1K, 2,869 (76%) were in City of Westminster.