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WC1A road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,272 road traffic collisions in the WC1A postcode district, Camden, from 1982 to 2025, and 1,396 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 192 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 16 collisions, up from 14 in 2024.

Collisions since 1982
1,272
2,074th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,396
1.10 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
192
199 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
16
14 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
16
15 in 2024

Road collision statistics for WC1A

Collisions by severity, 1982 to 2025

  • Fatal80.6%
  • Serious19215%
  • Slight1,07284%

What the data shows

  • WC1A had 180 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 23% fewer than the 234 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in WC1A were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 33 children under 16 were killed or injured in WC1A, 2.6% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 18% of collisions in WC1A.

Where WC1A ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,074th
Most casualties
2,198th
Most fatal collisions
2,472nd
Most serious collisions
2,258th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday173 (14%)
  • Tuesday198 (16%)
  • Wednesday200 (16%)
  • Thursday232 (18%)
  • Friday233 (18%)
  • Saturday139 (11%)
  • Sunday97 (7.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight917 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit343 (27%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown10 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway681 (54%)
  • One way street or slip road445 (35%)
  • Dual carriageway97 (7.6%)
  • Not recorded49 (3.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph131 (10%)
  • 30 mph1,137 (89%)
  • 40 mph3 (0.2%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,063 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds124 (9.7%)
  • Fine with high winds16 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds11 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other18 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded39 (3.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian419 (30%)
  • Cyclist268 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist262 (19%)
  • Bus or coach occupant190 (14%)
  • Car occupant165 (12%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant71 (5.1%)
  • Van occupant12 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.1%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

WC1A road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in WC1A, 1982 to 2025

Collisions in WC1A peaked at 51 in 1995; 2025 had 16.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 16
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251616
20241415
20231313
20221313
20211214
20201318
20192932
20181818
20172526
20162731
20152125
20142628
20133138
20121315
20113030
20102630
20092224
20082628
20071819
20062123
20052731
20043441
20032227
20023135
20012931
20003439
19994648
19983435
19973341
19963540
19955154
19943441
19933741
19922526
19912121
19903738
19894041
19883337
19874042
19864147
19854751
19845053
19835153
19822627

Map of recent crashes in WC1A

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in WC1A

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in WC1A

The 24 most recent collisions in WC1A happened between 3 July 2024 and 4 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in WC1A

The A40 has the most collisions in WC1A, 702 of 1,272 (55%), followed by the A401 (192).

Collisions in WC1A on each road, 1982 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA407027713118
2ndA401192207326
3rdA4200140158117
4thA4004654011
5thB522141701

Council area for WC1A

WC1A is in Camden, where police recorded 57,209 collisions from 1979 to 2025. WC1A accounts for 2.2% of them.

Town in WC1A

All 1,272 collisions in WC1A were in Camden.