Two people were injured after a car ploughed into a bus stop queue on the North Circular in north London on the morning of June 29, 2026. The black Ford Focus smashed into the shelter before flipping onto its roof, leaving a mangled wreck.
Witnesses Describe Chaos
Passengers on the morning school run and commute 'ran for their lives' as the car came careering round a slight bend on a fast stretch of the road at just before 8am. Rico Kwame told Metro: 'People ran for their lives when they saw the car coming. The car came quickly, this is a terrible stretch of the road everyone goes very fast and there is a slight bend. It hit the bus stop and caused carnage. The ambulances came and two people looked as if they were injured. The driver of the car got out and even though it had flipped over they seemed physically ok but maybe in shock, it was carnage. The bus stop was completely wiped out. People were inches from death it’s a miracle no one was killed.'
Emergency Response
Police and ambulances were scrambled to the scene, and part of the North Circular was closed as paramedics treated the injured. A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: 'We were called at 7:56am today (29 June) to reports of a road traffic collision on the North Circular Road, NW10. We sent resources to the scene including two ambulance crews and an incident response officer. We treated two patients at the scene and took them to a local hospital.' Police are appealing for witnesses and carrying out tests to assess the car's speed.
Community Concerns
The incident caused huge rush hour tailbacks on the busy stretch heading towards central London. A mum-of-two who lives near the scene said: 'School kids use that stop including my children sometimes, it’s peak time to get to school or work. Everybody scattered when the car came towards them there were a lot of people who looked in shock and two people looked injured. That stretch of road is a death trap. It’s no place for a bus stop to be honest. There was another accident there just two days ago.' Another witness added: 'I heard a massive crash and looked out of my window and saw a car flipped over and people running. I think maybe they thought the car may explode after the impact or something.'
Previous Accident
People who live nearby said a lorry was in collision with a vehicle at the same spot last week, triggering calls for traffic calming measures. The speed limit at the accident dual carriageway black spot, which is near shops and homes, is 40mph. The bus shelter, which serves the 112 route towards Ealing in west London, was taped off by police.
