North London boroughs are the most dangerous areas to drive in the capital, according to a study, with the most collisions per billion vehicle miles.

Islington is the most dangerous. with Hackney in second place, followed by the City of London, then Westminster, followed by Camden in fifth place. 

That's according to the study by insurance brokers OneSureInsurance, which analysed historical data from the Department for Transport to see which London areas had the highest average collisions per billion vehicle miles over a ten-year period.

The OneSureInsurance study found that between 2012 and 2021 there were, on average, 2,869 collisions per billion vehicle miles in Islington.

The highest number of collisions were in 2017 with 3,168 per billion vehicle miles, and 2020 was the safest, with just 2,391 collisions per billion vehicle miles.

Hackney had 2,849 collisions per billion vehicle miles on average.

The most dangerous year was 2021, with 3,021 collisions per billion vehicle miles, and 2013 the safest, with just 2,659.

Westminster had 2,674 collisions per billion vehicle miles, the study found.

Collisions were highest in 2017, with 2,931 per billion vehicle miles, and at their lowest in 2020, with 2,307.

Rounding out the top five is Camden, with an average of 2,555 collisions per billion vehicle miles.

Collisions were highest in 2017, with 2,859 for every billion vehicle miles and lowest in 2021, with just 2,303.

"When looking at all London areas, the average number of collisions per billion vehicle miles is 1,492, which is nearly three times the average of the whole of England, which sits at 550," a spokesperson for OneSureInsurance said.

"While it can be expected by many for figures to be lower in 2020 and 2021 due to ongoing lockdowns and thus fewer cars on the road, in some areas, this isn’t even the case, with some boroughs even having their highest figures yet in that timeframe."