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WC1N road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 746 road traffic collisions in the WC1N postcode district, Camden, from 1982 to 2025, and 799 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 96 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 10 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1982
746
2,301st of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
799
1.07 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
96
97 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
10
10 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
10
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for WC1N

Collisions by severity, 1982 to 2025

  • Fatal30.4%
  • Serious9613%
  • Slight64787%

What the data shows

  • WC1N had 115 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 15% fewer than the 135 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 13% of collisions in WC1N were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 37 children under 16 were killed or injured in WC1N, 5% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 20% of collisions in WC1N.

Where WC1N ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,301st
Most casualties
2,384th
Most fatal collisions
2,601st
Most serious collisions
2,468th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday113 (15%)
  • Tuesday131 (18%)
  • Wednesday139 (19%)
  • Thursday132 (18%)
  • Friday140 (19%)
  • Saturday57 (7.6%)
  • Sunday34 (4.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight568 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit168 (23%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway565 (76%)
  • One way street or slip road134 (18%)
  • Dual carriageway18 (2.4%)
  • Roundabout10 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded19 (2.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph83 (11%)
  • 30 mph661 (89%)
  • 40 mph2 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds607 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds92 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (0.7%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Other12 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded26 (3.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian297 (37%)
  • Cyclist194 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist150 (19%)
  • Car occupant102 (13%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant33 (4.1%)
  • Van occupant13 (1.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

WC1N road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in WC1N, 1982 to 2025

Collisions in WC1N peaked at 31 in 1988; 2025 had 10.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 10
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251010
20241010
20231115
20221212
202166
20201010
201966
20181717
20172223
20161111
20151214
20141212
20131213
201299
20111617
20101919
20091616
20081315
20071313
20061313
20051516
20041415
20031313
20022325
20011112
20002528
19991819
19982022
19972123
19962122
19951617
19942429
19932223
19922933
19912022
19902022
19892930
19883131
19872022
19861723
19852325
19842323
19832626
19821517

Map of recent crashes in WC1N

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in WC1N

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in WC1N

The 24 most recent collisions in WC1N happened between 13 July 2023 and 22 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in WC1N

The B502 has the most collisions in WC1N, 197 of 746 (26%), followed by the B504 (135).

Collisions in WC1N on each road, 1982 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB502197212029
2ndB504135145019
3rdA5200545605
4thA42005510
5thA4014400

Council area for WC1N

WC1N is in Camden, where police recorded 57,209 collisions from 1979 to 2025. WC1N accounts for 1.3% of them.

Town in WC1N

All 746 collisions in WC1N were in Camden.