A3214 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 18 May 2005 at 12:00 involving a BMW 7 Series
A BMW 7 Series, a van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A3214 in Kensington and Chelsea at 12:00 on Wednesday 18 May 2005. The 24-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 May 2005
- Wednesday, 12:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 7 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48997, longitude -0.15512, in the SW1W postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. 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
- 200501CW10677
- 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
- 3214
- 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
- C
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 9 June 2008.
Serious
Mercedes E Class crash on the A3214 in Kensington and Chelsea, 9 June 2008
At the same spotRef 200801CW10823
Slight
Van crash on the A3214 in Kensington and Chelsea, 2 May 1986
At the same spotRef 198601AL00095
Slight
Bus crash on the A3214 in Kensington and Chelsea, 19 January 1985
At the same spotRef 198501AL00011
Slight
Car crash on the A3214 in Kensington and Chelsea, 22 September 1984
At the same spotRef 198401AL00250
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A3214 in Kensington and Chelsea, 30 March 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010AL0074
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A3214 in Kensington and Chelsea, 3 January 1984
At the same spotRef 198401AL00003
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW 7 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South 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
- Engine capacity
- 2,793 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 3: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 24, on vehicle 3 (Bicycle)
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 200501CW10677 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.