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WC1R road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 541 road traffic collisions in the WC1R postcode district, Camden, from 1982 to 2025, and 613 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 89 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1982
541
2,397th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
613
1.13 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
89
90 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for WC1R

Collisions by severity, 1982 to 2025

  • Fatal10.2%
  • Serious8916%
  • Slight45183%

What the data shows

  • WC1R had 60 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 48% fewer than the 116 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in WC1R were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 10 children under 16 were killed or injured in WC1R, 1.8% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 17% of collisions in WC1R.

Where WC1R ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,397th
Most casualties
2,454th
Most fatal collisions
2,673rd
Most serious collisions
2,489th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday79 (15%)
  • Tuesday94 (17%)
  • Wednesday94 (17%)
  • Thursday106 (20%)
  • Friday98 (18%)
  • Saturday37 (6.8%)
  • Sunday33 (6.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight377 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit154 (28%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (1.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway436 (81%)
  • One way street or slip road57 (11%)
  • Dual carriageway41 (7.6%)
  • Not recorded7 (1.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph42 (7.8%)
  • 30 mph498 (92%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds466 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds52 (9.6%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (0.7%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Other7 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded8 (1.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Cyclist168 (27%)
  • Motorcyclist143 (23%)
  • Pedestrian128 (21%)
  • Car occupant95 (15%)
  • Bus or coach occupant40 (6.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant25 (4.1%)
  • Van occupant9 (1.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

WC1R road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in WC1R, 1982 to 2025

Collisions in WC1R peaked at 27 in 1997; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202455
202322
202235
202167
202066
201966
2018912
20171112
20161011
20151216
20141516
20131213
201266
20111112
20101216
20091215
20081119
20071212
20061318
20051415
20041014
20031414
20021824
20011313
20001921
19991921
19981415
19972730
19961719
19951519
19942328
19931212
19921516
199167
19901616
19891919
19881213
19871515
19861212
198544
19841719
19831314
19822122

Map of recent crashes in WC1R

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in WC1R

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in WC1R

The 24 most recent collisions in WC1R happened between 10 January 2020 and 5 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in WC1R

The A401 has the most collisions in WC1R, 329 of 541 (61%), followed by the A5200 (110).

Collisions in WC1R on each road, 1982 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA401329378148
2ndA5200110126024
3rdA405256010
4thA52014501

Council area for WC1R

WC1R is in Camden, where police recorded 57,209 collisions from 1979 to 2025. WC1R accounts for 0.9% of them.

Town in WC1R

All 541 collisions in WC1R were in Camden.