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A coach hit four cars before coming off a busy road and ploughing into the side of a building in central London.
Emergency services were called to Bayswater Road, close to Queensway Tube station, shortly before 9.50am on Thursday.
A London Fire Brigade spokeswoman said the coach mounted the pavement after hitting cars and street furniture before striking the side of the building and coming to a halt.
Nobody was believed to have been trapped in any of the vehicles.
A witness told the Standard: "A German Continental coach is facing the wrong way hard up against a building. It took down a lamppost in the process.
Crash: A coach smashed into a building on Bayswater RoadRonnie Croos"A big MB SUV is on the pedestrian crossing with a lot of strucutral damage to the front.
"Traffic in the area is not being managaed and is chaotic."
Damaged: Several cars were involved in the crashRonnie CroosA London Ambulance Service spokesman said two ambulance crews, an incident reponse officer and a single responder were sent to the scene.
Five people who sustained minor injuries were checked over by paramedics and one was taken to hospital.