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B450 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 3 March 2001 at 17:35 involving a BMW K 75 motorcycle

A BMW K 75 motorcycle and a Suzuki Supercarry were involved in a crash on the B450 in Kensington and Chelsea at 17:35 on Saturday 3 March 2001. The 24-year-old male rider of the BMW K 75 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Mar 2001
Saturday, 17:35
Vehicles
2
BMW K 75 and Suzuki Supercarry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51626, longitude -0.20941, in the W11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kensington and Chelsea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Colville, Kensington and Chelsea, W11 1AL area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200101BS00271
Council area
Kensington and Chelsea
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
450
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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 3 December 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW K 75

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    740 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki Supercarry

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (BMW K 75)

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 200101BS00271 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 2001.