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A308 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 20 October 1993 at 20:00 involving a Carbodies Taxi

A Carbodies Taxi and a car were involved in a crash on the A308 in Kensington and Chelsea at 20:00 on Wednesday 20 October 1993. A 28-year-old female passenger in the Carbodies Taxi 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
20 Oct 1993
Wednesday, 20:00
Vehicles
2
Carbodies Taxi and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48778, longitude -0.17814, in the SW10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kensington and Chelsea.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199301BC00380
Council area
Kensington and Chelsea
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
308
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 slight injury crash on 20 September 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Carbodies Taxi

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Carbodies Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 199301BC00380 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 1993.