A308 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 1 November 1999 at 11:15 involving a Honda CBR900RR motorcycle
A Honda CBR900RR motorcycle and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A308 in Kensington and Chelsea at 11:15 on Monday 1 November 1999. The 46-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR900RR motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Nov 1999
- Monday, 11:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CBR900RR and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47994, longitude -0.18635, 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
- 199901BS00719
- Council area
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 308
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 5 February 1983.
Serious
Car crash on the A308 in Kensington and Chelsea, 5 February 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010BC0041
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A308 in Kensington and Chelsea, 5 February 2000
10 m awayRef 200001BS00077
Slight
Bus crash on the A308 in Kensington and Chelsea, 21 January 1983
10 m awayRef 1983010BC0026
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A308 in Kensington and Chelsea, 13 December 2025
11 m awayRef 2025010615349
Slight
Car crash on the A308 in Kensington and Chelsea, 4 December 1993
14 m awayRef 199301BC00441
Slight
Iveco Daily crash on the A308 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 26 June 1996
14 m awayRef 199601FF00214
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CBR900RR
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 918 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 46, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR900RR)
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 199901BS00719 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 1999.