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W1S road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,024 road traffic collisions in the W1S postcode district, Westminster, from 1982 to 2025, and 1,130 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 101 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 12 collisions, down 48% on 2024 (23).

Collisions since 1982
1,024
2,194th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,130
1.10 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
101
110 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
12
Down 48% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
12
Down 52% on 2024

Road collision statistics for W1S

Collisions by severity, 1982 to 2025

  • Fatal60.6%
  • Serious1019.9%
  • Slight91790%

What the data shows

  • W1S had 159 collisions from 2016 to 2025, about the same as the 163 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 10% of collisions in W1S were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 22 children under 16 were killed or injured in W1S, 2.1% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 19% of collisions in W1S.

Where W1S ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,194th
Most casualties
2,272nd
Most fatal collisions
2,516th
Most serious collisions
2,456th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday155 (15%)
  • Tuesday179 (17%)
  • Wednesday180 (18%)
  • Thursday171 (17%)
  • Friday176 (17%)
  • Saturday98 (9.6%)
  • Sunday65 (6.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight790 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit221 (22%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit8 (0.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway511 (50%)
  • One way street or slip road464 (45%)
  • Dual carriageway31 (3%)
  • Roundabout4 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded14 (1.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph82 (8%)
  • 30 mph940 (92%)
  • 40 mph2 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds852 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds118 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds12 (1.2%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.4%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.1%)
  • Other15 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded17 (1.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian466 (41%)
  • Motorcyclist231 (20%)
  • Cyclist140 (12%)
  • Car occupant133 (12%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant88 (7.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant49 (4.3%)
  • Van occupant16 (1.4%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

W1S road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in W1S, 1982 to 2025

Collisions in W1S peaked at 48 in 1987; 2025 had 12.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 12
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251212
20242325
20232121
20221414
202122
2020910
20192323
20181111
20172526
20161919
20151111
20141922
20131011
20121618
20111620
20102628
20091623
20081822
20071719
20061414
20051214
20042020
20032324
20022831
20011718
20003032
19992528
19982223
19972830
19963233
19952627
19943032
19931925
19922839
19913537
19902528
19893639
19883338
19874851
19863031
19853636
19844552
19833544
19823947

Map of recent crashes in W1S

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in W1S

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in W1S

The 24 most recent collisions in W1S happened between 16 August 2024 and 22 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in W1S

The B406 has the most collisions in W1S, 339 of 1,024 (33%), followed by the A4201 (52).

Collisions in W1S on each road, 1982 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB406339388132
2ndA4201525507
3rdA4303216
4thA405500

Council area for W1S

W1S is in Westminster, where police recorded 101,118 collisions from 1979 to 2025. W1S accounts for 1% of them.

Town in W1S

All 1,024 collisions in W1S were in City of Westminster.