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B314 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 25 March 2008 at 18:57 involving a Suzuki FL 125 motorcycle

A Suzuki FL 125 motorcycle crashed on the B314 in Kensington and Chelsea at 18:57 on Tuesday 25 March 2008. The 30-year-old male rider 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
25 Mar 2008
Tuesday, 18:57
Vehicles
1
Suzuki FL 125
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49548, longitude -0.20273, 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
200801BS70145
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
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
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
20%
Estimated chance it was slight
80%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 November 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki FL 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki FL 125)

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 200801BS70145 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 2008.