A3216 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 4 August 1982 at 09:23 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A3216 in Kensington and Chelsea at 09:23 on Wednesday 4 August 1982. The 30-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Aug 1982
- Wednesday, 09:23
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49485, longitude -0.1584, in the SW1X postcode district and within the built-up area of Kensington and Chelsea.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1982010BC0327
- Council area
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3216
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 January 2010.
Slight
London Taxis Int. TX4 crash on the A3216 in Kensington and Chelsea, 10 January 2010
At the same spotRef 201001BS70032
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A3216 in Kensington and Chelsea, 30 September 1997
At the same spotRef 199701BS00603
Slight
Honda CG125B crash on the A3216 in Kensington and Chelsea, 30 July 1996
At the same spotRef 199601BS00397
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A3216 in Kensington and Chelsea, 9 December 2005
At the same spotRef 200501BS70756
Serious
Volvo crash on the A3216 in Kensington and Chelsea, 16 August 2022
5 m awayRef 2022010394352
Slight
Taxi crash on the A3216 in Kensington and Chelsea, 14 March 1985
10 m awayRef 198501BC00075
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 30, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 1982010BC0327 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Kensington and Chelsea road accident statistics for 1982.