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WC1E road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 887 road traffic collisions in the WC1E postcode district, Camden, from 1982 to 2025, and 995 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 124 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 21 collisions, up from 12 in 2024.

Collisions since 1982
887
2,249th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
995
1.12 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
124
129 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
21
12 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
24
13 in 2024

Road collision statistics for WC1E

Collisions by severity, 1982 to 2025

  • Fatal20.2%
  • Serious12414%
  • Slight76186%

What the data shows

  • WC1E had 113 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 10% more than the 103 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 14% of collisions in WC1E were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 34 children under 16 were killed or injured in WC1E, 3.7% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 20% of collisions in WC1E.

Where WC1E ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,249th
Most casualties
2,318th
Most fatal collisions
2,634th
Most serious collisions
2,404th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday139 (16%)
  • Tuesday154 (17%)
  • Wednesday147 (17%)
  • Thursday140 (16%)
  • Friday150 (17%)
  • Saturday101 (11%)
  • Sunday56 (6.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight677 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit200 (23%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • One way street or slip road427 (48%)
  • Single carriageway401 (45%)
  • Dual carriageway42 (4.7%)
  • Not recorded17 (1.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph80 (9%)
  • 30 mph807 (91%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds737 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds100 (11%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (0.8%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.3%)
  • Other6 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded30 (3.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian299 (30%)
  • Car occupant213 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist204 (21%)
  • Cyclist162 (16%)
  • Bus or coach occupant60 (6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant32 (3.2%)
  • Van occupant19 (1.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

WC1E road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in WC1E, 1982 to 2025

Collisions in WC1E peaked at 44 in 1988; 2025 had 21.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 21
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252124
20241213
202377
20221112
202155
202044
20191518
20181313
20171313
20161213
2015911
20141314
20131212
20121012
20111212
20101415
200956
2008711
2007913
20061215
200545
20041114
20031921
20021618
20012225
20002427
19992734
19982124
19972326
19963031
19953235
19943131
19932935
19923438
19912935
19903538
19893942
19884451
19872935
19862729
19854448
19842933
19833335
19823942

Map of recent crashes in WC1E

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in WC1E

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in WC1E

The 24 most recent collisions in WC1E happened between 6 October 2024 and 1 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in WC1E

The A400 has the most collisions in WC1E, 352 of 887 (40%), followed by the B522 (121).

Collisions in WC1E on each road, 1982 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA400352410052
2ndB522121131118
3rdB506707705
4thA501283404

Council area for WC1E

WC1E is in Camden, where police recorded 57,209 collisions from 1979 to 2025. WC1E accounts for 1.5% of them.

Town in WC1E

All 887 collisions in WC1E were in Camden.