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A4 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 15 December 1990 at 15:45 involving a taxi

A taxi and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A4 in Kensington and Chelsea at 15:45 on Saturday 15 December 1990. The 45-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Dec 1990
Saturday, 15:45
Vehicles
2
Taxi and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4955, longitude -0.17754, 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
199001BC00501
Council area
Kensington and Chelsea
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
4

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 February 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 45, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 199001BC00501 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 1990.