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WC2N road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,551 road traffic collisions in the WC2N postcode district, Westminster, from 1982 to 2025, and 2,794 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 14 were fatal and 384 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 23 collisions, up 10% on 2024 (21).

Collisions since 1982
2,551
1,495th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
2,794
1.10 per collision
Fatal collisions
14
14 people killed
Serious collisions
384
392 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
23
Up 10% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
28
Up 17% on 2024

Road collision statistics for WC2N

Collisions by severity, 1982 to 2025

  • Fatal140.5%
  • Serious38415%
  • Slight2,15384%

What the data shows

  • WC2N had 294 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 33% fewer than the 440 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in WC2N were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 66 children under 16 were killed or injured in WC2N, 2.6% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 18% of collisions in WC2N.

Where WC2N ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,495th
Most casualties
1,739th
Most fatal collisions
2,302nd
Most serious collisions
1,802nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday333 (13%)
  • Tuesday397 (16%)
  • Wednesday395 (15%)
  • Thursday414 (16%)
  • Friday473 (19%)
  • Saturday312 (12%)
  • Sunday227 (8.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,649 (65%)
  • Dark, street lights lit857 (34%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown28 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit16 (0.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (under 0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,123 (44%)
  • One way street or slip road701 (27%)
  • Dual carriageway575 (23%)
  • Roundabout105 (4.1%)
  • Not recorded47 (1.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph136 (5.3%)
  • 30 mph2,398 (94%)
  • 40 mph11 (0.4%)
  • 50 mph4 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,179 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds254 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds21 (0.8%)
  • Raining with high winds18 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (0.2%)
  • Fog or mist1 (under 0.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (under 0.1%)
  • Other42 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded29 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian1,022 (37%)
  • Motorcyclist571 (20%)
  • Cyclist390 (14%)
  • Car occupant314 (11%)
  • Bus or coach occupant277 (9.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant167 (6%)
  • Van occupant36 (1.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.1%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.1%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

WC2N road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in WC2N, 1982 to 2025

Collisions in WC2N peaked at 108 in 1983; 2025 had 23.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 23
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252328
20242124
20231925
20223333
20212022
20202224
20194147
20183232
20174450
20163948
20154445
20144447
20134343
20123842
20115966
20103844
20094554
20083842
20075155
20064042
20054344
20044753
20035967
20025258
20015458
20008596
19998387
19987383
19976871
19968894
19956472
199493102
19937889
19926675
19915760
19908491
19898392
19887584
1987100109
19867680
1985102105
19848794
1983108121
19829296

Map of recent crashes in WC2N

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in WC2N

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in WC2N

The 24 most recent collisions in WC2N happened between 13 December 2024 and 14 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in WC2N

The A4 has the most collisions in WC2N, 1,136 of 2,551 (45%), followed by the A3211 (460).

Collisions in WC2N on each road, 1982 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA41,1361,2497173
2ndA3211460514484
3rdB308323353246
4thA400196212129
5thB404124129017
6thA3212455406
7thB4007701

Council area for WC2N

WC2N is in Westminster, where police recorded 101,118 collisions from 1979 to 2025. WC2N accounts for 2.5% of them.

Town in WC2N

Of the 2,551 collisions in WC2N, 2,392 (94%) were in City of Westminster.