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B304 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 26 June 1997 at 23:02 involving a BMW 3 Series

A motorcycle and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the B304 in Kensington and Chelsea at 23:02 on Thursday 26 June 1997. The 24-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and the 47-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jun 1997
Thursday, 23:02
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and BMW 3 Series
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4862, longitude -0.16941, in the SW3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kensington and Chelsea.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701BS00363
Council area
Kensington and Chelsea
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
304
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 September 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)

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 199701BS00363 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 1997.