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C road crash in Kensington and Chelsea SW7 on 12 August 1988 at 23:03 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on a C road in Kensington and Chelsea at 23:03 on Friday 12 August 1988. The 22-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Aug 1988
Friday, 23:03
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49101, longitude -0.17758, in the SW7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kensington and Chelsea.

Map of where the crash happened in Kensington and Chelsea

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198801BC00312
Council area
Kensington and Chelsea
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 20 May 1985.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 198801BC00312 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 1988.