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Road collisions in Wandsworth

Police recorded 4,627 road collisions involving injury in Wandsworth between 2021 and 2025, about 925 a year. 14 of them were fatal, and an estimated 812 involved serious injury once DfT's severity adjustment is applied. These are reported injury collisions only: damage-only incidents and unreported injuries are not included.

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When collisions happen

The busiest hour was 6pm to 7pm, and 33% of collisions happened between 3pm and 7pm (close to the 32% across Great Britain). Friday had the most collisions, and 24% happened at weekends.

Trend over time

Reported collisions went from 1,051 in 2021 to 767 in 2025, a fall of 27%. Counts are affected by traffic levels, population and changes in how police record injuries, so Wandsworth should not be ranked against other areas on these numbers alone.

Who is affected

Across Wandsworth, 5,027 people were injured or killed in these collisions. Pedestrians were 14% of casualties (14% across Great Britain), pedal cyclists 32% (12%) and motorcyclists 31% (12%). Car and taxi occupants made up 17%. 4 of the pedestrians were killed.

Children aged 0 to 15 were 4% of casualties, lower than the 9% national share. People aged 16 to 25 were 20% (21% nationally), and people over 65 were 4% (10% nationally).

Casualties by age

Vehicles involved

14.9% of collisions involved a pedestrian casualty (17.7% nationally), 34.5% a cyclist (15.0%) and 33.2% a motorcyclist (15.3%). 1.6% involved a goods vehicle (3.9% nationally) and 15.5% involved a driver aged 17 to 24 (21.1%). 59 collisions involved an e-scooter.

Collision hotspots in Wandsworth

These are the 100 metre squares with the most reported collisions in 2021 to 2025. Location is the average position of the collisions in each square, so treat it as approximate.

Roads and streets with the most collisions

Each collision is matched to the nearest named road. Long roads and busy town centres collect the most, so this list shows where collisions are recorded, not which streets are riskiest.

Numbered roads with the most collisions

98% of collisions happened on roads with a 30 mph limit or lower (69% nationally), and 0% on roads with a 60 or 70 mph limit (18% nationally). 78% were at or within 20 metres of a junction or roundabout, higher than the national 54%.

Only numbered roads are listed here. Named streets are in the table above.

Conditions

29% of collisions in Wandsworth happened in darkness, close to the 28% across Great Britain. 99% happened on roads classed as urban, higher than the national 67%.

Type of road

Speed limit

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Light conditions

Urban or rural

About these figures

Only collisions involving injury that were reported to the police are counted. The figures are not adjusted for traffic volume or population, so they should not be used to rank areas against each other. Serious and slight splits use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment. Full explanation.