A Metroline double-decker mounted the pavement near the junction of West End Lane and Abbey Road on Saturday evening.
A route 189 bus was involved in a collision in north-west London on Saturday evening.
Photographs seen by London Bus Forums News show the Metroline double-decker beside a brick wall near West End Lane and Abbey Road, with debris scattered across the pavement.
Damage is visible around the nearside front wheel arch.
Image: @chaxicab/X
TfL’s Surface Control Centre reported at 8.51pm that the road was blocked westbound at the junction of West End Lane, with access in and out of the road also blocked.
Routes 139, 189 and 328 were placed on diversion while the area was affected.
The circumstances of the collision are not yet known, and it is unclear whether anyone was injured.
Bus safety campaigner Tom Kearney said: “Based on the Mayor’s response to a recent question from Keith Prince AM, over the 7 year period between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2025, there were an average of 72 Bus Collisions per day. As horrific as that daily simple average might appear to the reader, it is important to note that TfL’s published data confirms this chilling trend has increased at an alarming rate, because:
• In 2015, TfL recorded 27,408 collisions (75 per day) from 9,462 vehicles covering 496 million kilometres;
• In 2025, TfL recorded 28,368 collisions (78 per day) from 8,797 vehicles covering 460 million kilometres;
“Even though average bus speeds have decreased by over 11% over the same period, London has suffered from an over 11% increase in collisions calculated on both a per million mile and on a per vehicle basis. The fact that bus collisions are increasing in London while there are fewer buses covering fewer miles at slower speeds suggests that safety is not TfL’s priority. The fact that a publicly-franchised fleet of vehicles that constitutes only 2% of all vehicles on London’s roads at any time accounts for about 10% of all pedestrian fatalities from motor vehicles each year would appear to confirm that.”
TfL said it would provide a response “as swiftly as possible”, but no further statement had been received at the time of publication. Metroline did not respond to a request for comment.
