B314 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 11 January 2003 at 15:53 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the B314 in Kensington and Chelsea at 15:53 on Saturday 11 January 2003. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Jan 2003
- Saturday, 15:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Vauxhall Cavalier
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49667, longitude -0.20398, in the W14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kensington and Chelsea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Earl's Court, Kensington and Chelsea, SW5 9SH area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200301BS00018
- 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
- 314
- Road type
- One way street or slip road
- 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 March 2017.
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A3220 in Kensington and Chelsea, 21 March 2017
At the same spotRef 2017010027008
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B314 in Kensington and Chelsea, 23 February 2000
10 m awayRef 200001BS00131
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the B314 in Kensington and Chelsea, 12 December 2002
10 m awayRef 200201BS00755
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A315 in Kensington and Chelsea, 2 February 2025
12 m awayRef 2025010557147
Slight
Mercedes B Class crash on the B314 in Kensington and Chelsea, 12 November 2016
20 m awayRef 2016010001317
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B314 in Kensington and Chelsea, 20 October 2010
20 m awayRef 201001BS70612
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 200301BS00018 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 2003.