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A308 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 27 September 2004 at 14:15 involving a Volvo

A vehicle and a Volvo were involved in a crash on the A308 in Kensington and Chelsea at 14:15 on Monday 27 September 2004. The 41-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 44-year-old male driver of the Volvo were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Sep 2004
Monday, 14:15
Vehicles
2
Other vehicle and Volvo
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4915, longitude -0.17206, 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 Brompton & Hans Town, Kensington and Chelsea, SW7 2PA area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200401BS00476
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
308
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
304

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
15%
Estimated chance it was slight
85%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 1 May 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    5,480 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)

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 200401BS00476 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 2004.