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Serious B316 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 26 June 1997 at 14:00 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B316 in Kensington and Chelsea at 14:00 on Thursday 26 June 1997. The 37-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Jun 1997
Thursday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49761, longitude -0.19777, in the W8 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701BS00365
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
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
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 14 June 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 37, 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 199701BS00365 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.