B450 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 23 April 2005 at 00:55 involving a Volkswagen Passat
A Volkswagen Passat and a car were involved in a crash on the B450 in Kensington and Chelsea at 00:55 on Saturday 23 April 2005. The 37-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Apr 2005
- Saturday, 00:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Passat and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52352, longitude -0.21359, in the W10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kensington and Chelsea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dalgarno, Kensington and Chelsea, W10 5YW area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200501BS70174
- 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
- 450
- 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
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 December 1989.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B450 in Kensington and Chelsea, 30 December 1989
At the same spotRef 198901BH00367
Slight
Leyland Aec crash on the B450 in Kensington and Chelsea, 7 January 1993
At the same spotRef 199301BH00006
Slight
London Taxis Int. TX1 crash on the B450 in Kensington and Chelsea, 25 September 2009
At the same spotRef 200901BS70529
Slight
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4 m awayRef 2023010422506
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5 m awayRef 2025010596489
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Honda SH 125 crash on the B450 in Kensington and Chelsea, 13 January 2025
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,800 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 200501BS70174 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 2005.