A315 crash in Westminster on 20 November 2001 at 10:00 involving an Aprilia motorcycle
An Aprilia motorcycle crashed on the A315 in Westminster at 10:00 on Tuesday 20 November 2001. The 22-year-old male rider 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
- 20 Nov 2001
- Tuesday, 10:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Aprilia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50147, longitude -0.18333, in the SW7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kensington and Chelsea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Queen's Gate, Kensington and Chelsea, SW7 4AW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200101BS00829
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 315
- 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
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 23 February 1997.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A315 in Westminster, 23 February 1997
At the same spotRef 199701AB00078
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A315 in Westminster, 17 July 1984
At the same spotRef 198401BD00302
Slight
Lorry crash on the A315 in Kensington and Chelsea, 13 December 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010BD0456
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A315 in Westminster, 27 January 2012
10 m awayRef 201201CW10121
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A315 in Westminster, 4 December 1987
10 m awayRef 198701BD00372
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A315 in Westminster, 9 May 1995
10 m awayRef 199501BS00245
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Aprilia
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 22, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Aprilia)
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 200101BS00829 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Westminster road accident statistics for 2001.