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A304 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 1 November 2002 at 13:02 involving a Piaggio Zip motorcycle

A Piaggio Zip motorcycle and an Audi S3 were involved in a crash on the A304 in Kensington and Chelsea at 13:02 on Friday 1 November 2002. The 25-year-old male rider of the Piaggio Zip motorcycle and a 38-year-old male passenger on the Piaggio Zip motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Nov 2002
Friday, 13:02
Vehicles
2
Piaggio Zip and Audi S3
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48255, longitude -0.18639, in the SW10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kensington and Chelsea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stanley, Kensington and Chelsea, SW10 0BJ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200201BS00658
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
304
Road type
Single 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
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 slight injury crash on 14 January 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Piaggio Zip

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Audi S3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio Zip)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio Zip)

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 200201BS00658 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.