- Footage captured the car after it crashed into the railings around the palace
- Initially thought to be an Uber, the vehicle collided with the fencing this morning
- Witnessing the traffic accident, Matthew Vincent said: ‘So scary. Loads of police’
Panicked onlookers watched as a vehicle smashed into the fencing around Buckingham Palace – with cops swiftly reassuring pedestrians that the collision wasn’t terror related.
Footage captured the car – initially believed to be an Uber – after it crashed into the railings around the London royal home this morning.
Witnessing the traffic accident, Matthew Vincent said: ‘So scary. Loads of police here. Being told to move back by them.’
Panicked onlookers watched as a vehicle smashed into the fencing around Buckingham Palace – with cops swiftly reassuring pedestrians that the collision wasn’t terror related
Police have confirmed the crash is not being looked at as a deliberate act of violence or a terrorist attack.
In the footage, officers approached the car that had mounted the pavement.
A met police spokesman said: ‘Police were called to Spur Road, SW1A at 22:49hrs on Saturday, 3 March after a car was involved in a collision with street railings.
Footage captured the car – initially believed to be an Uber – after it crashed into the railings around the London royal home this morning
‘Officers and London Ambulance Service attended. There are no reported injuries and the driver is out of the vehicle and being spoken to by police.
‘No arrests have been made. Enquiries continue.
‘This incident is being treated as a road traffic collision.’
It is unclear if the Queen was in resident at the time of the crash.