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Serious B302 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 26 January 1995 at 08:00 involving a BMW K 100 RT motorcycle

A BMW K 100 RT motorcycle and a Saab 9000 were involved in a crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea at 08:00 on Thursday 26 January 1995. The 45-year-old male rider of the BMW K 100 RT motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Jan 1995
Thursday, 08:00
Vehicles
2
BMW K 100 RT and Saab 9000
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48608, longitude -0.1615, in the SW3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kensington and Chelsea.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199501BS00039
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
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

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 7 January 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW K 100 RT

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    980 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Saab 9000

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,985 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 45, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (BMW K 100 RT)

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 199501BS00039 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 1995.