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B316 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 8 March 1989 at 09:50 involving a van

A van and a lorry were involved in a crash on the B316 in Kensington and Chelsea at 09:50 on Wednesday 8 March 1989. The 50-year-old male driver of the van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Mar 1989
Wednesday, 09:50
Vehicles
2
Van and lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49261, longitude -0.19365, in the SW5 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
198901BD00077
Council area
Kensington and Chelsea
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
316
Road type
One way street or slip road
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 7 January 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 198901BD00077 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 1989.