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WC1H road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,753 road traffic collisions in the WC1H postcode district, Camden, from 1982 to 2025, and 1,950 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 271 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 14 collisions, down 44% on 2024 (25).

Collisions since 1982
1,753
1,866th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,950
1.11 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
271
284 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
14
Down 44% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
14
Down 46% on 2024

Road collision statistics for WC1H

Collisions by severity, 1982 to 2025

  • Fatal50.3%
  • Serious27115%
  • Slight1,47784%

What the data shows

  • WC1H had 251 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 18% fewer than the 305 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in WC1H were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 66 children under 16 were killed or injured in WC1H, 3.6% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 21% of collisions in WC1H.

Where WC1H ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,866th
Most casualties
2,016th
Most fatal collisions
2,533rd
Most serious collisions
2,083rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday240 (14%)
  • Tuesday305 (17%)
  • Wednesday298 (17%)
  • Thursday326 (19%)
  • Friday298 (17%)
  • Saturday165 (9.4%)
  • Sunday121 (6.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,254 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit476 (27%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown19 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,390 (79%)
  • Dual carriageway252 (14%)
  • One way street or slip road71 (4.1%)
  • Not recorded40 (2.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph138 (7.9%)
  • 30 mph1,602 (91%)
  • 40 mph13 (0.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,449 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds208 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds12 (0.7%)
  • Raining with high winds8 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.2%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.1%)
  • Other18 (1%)
  • Not recorded54 (3.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian605 (31%)
  • Motorcyclist393 (20%)
  • Cyclist383 (20%)
  • Car occupant338 (17%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant119 (6.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant71 (3.6%)
  • Van occupant24 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant11 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.1%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

WC1H road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in WC1H, 1982 to 2025

Collisions in WC1H peaked at 75 in 1990; 2025 had 14.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 14
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251414
20242526
20232627
20221820
20212324
20201314
20193335
20182525
20174246
20163234
20153852
20143437
20132931
20122932
20114447
20102325
20093337
20082631
20072425
20062531
20053337
20045053
20034345
20024043
20016171
20006169
19992931
19984549
19974552
19965662
19954957
19944852
19934758
19925156
19914146
19907578
19895561
19885053
19875866
19864860
19854756
19846979
19834146
19825557

Map of recent crashes in WC1H

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in WC1H

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in WC1H

The 24 most recent collisions in WC1H happened between 9 September 2024 and 29 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in WC1H

The A4200 has the most collisions in WC1H, 500 of 1,753 (29%), followed by the A501 (348).

Collisions in WC1H on each road, 1982 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4200500569074
2ndA501348399259
3rdB504161181030
4thA5200151500

Council area for WC1H

WC1H is in Camden, where police recorded 57,209 collisions from 1979 to 2025. WC1H accounts for 3.1% of them.

Town in WC1H

All 1,753 collisions in WC1H were in Camden.