B415 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 10 May 2013 at 12:26 involving an Alexander Dennis bus
An Alexander Dennis bus crashed on the B415 in Kensington and Chelsea at 12:26 on Friday 10 May 2013. A 73-year-old male passenger 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
- 10 May 2013
- Friday, 12:26
- Vehicles
- 1
- Alexander Dennis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51257, longitude -0.20336, in the W11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kensington and Chelsea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Norland, Kensington and Chelsea, W11 2LG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201301BS70240
- 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
- 415
- 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
- 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, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 January 2023.
Serious
Honda WW125 crash on the B415 in Kensington and Chelsea, 27 January 2023
8 m awayRef 2023010423940
Slight
Yamaha GPD crash on the B415 in Kensington and Chelsea, 29 January 2023
12 m awayRef 2023010424690
Slight
Yamaha X crash on the B415 in Kensington and Chelsea, 9 January 2022
14 m awayRef 2022010353725
Slight
Bus crash on the B415 in Kensington and Chelsea, 22 April 1982
20 m awayRef 1982010BH0076
Slight
London Taxis Int. TX1 crash on the B415 in Kensington and Chelsea, 3 January 2008
22 m awayRef 200801BS70039
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B415 in Kensington and Chelsea, 5 July 1991
22 m awayRef 199101BH00151
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Alexander Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 8,300 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 73, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alexander Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Standing 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 201301BS70240 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 2013.