B302 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 11 January 2002 at 22:02 involving an Aprilia motorcycle
An Aprilia motorcycle crashed on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea at 22:02 on Friday 11 January 2002. The 28-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Jan 2002
- Friday, 22:02
- Vehicles
- 1
- Aprilia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48681, longitude -0.16015, in the SW3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kensington and Chelsea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Royal Hospital, Kensington and Chelsea, SW3 4SZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200201BS00020
- 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
- 302
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 2019.
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Motorcycle crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea, 23 February 2019
At the same spotRef 2019010174192
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Renault 19 crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea, 5 April 1995
At the same spotRef 199501BS00189
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Triumph crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea, 7 February 1997
At the same spotRef 199701BS00083
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Volvo crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea, 13 December 1995
At the same spotRef 199501BS00773
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Bicycle crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea, 27 September 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010BC0376
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Yamaha crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea, 29 October 1990
At the same spotRef 199001BC00431
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Aprilia
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 28, motorcyclist (125cc 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 200201BS00020 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 2002.