B302 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 14 October 1983 at 09:15 involving a car
A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea at 09:15 on Friday 14 October 1983. The 22-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Oct 1983
- Friday, 09:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48906, longitude -0.15677, in the SW3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kensington and Chelsea.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1983010BC0412
- Council area
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 302
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 April 2019.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Kensington and Chelsea, 29 April 2019
5 m awayRef 2019010177828
Slight
Kawasaki EX305 crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea, 15 August 1990
10 m awayRef 199001BC00310
Slight
Van crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea, 28 June 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010BC0249
Slight
Nissan Leaf crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea, 29 November 2022
10 m awayRef 2022010413421
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea, 17 June 2008
14 m awayRef 200801BS70333
Slight
Mercedes ML Class crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea, 25 November 2013
14 m awayRef 201301BS70714
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 22, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (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 1983010BC0412 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 1983.