Serious A4 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 20 May 2013 at 19:20 involving a Mercedes GL Class
A Mercedes GL Class, a bus or coach and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A4 in Kensington and Chelsea at 19:20 on Monday 20 May 2013. The male cyclist was seriously 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
- Serious
- Date
- 20 May 2013
- Monday, 19:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mercedes GL Class and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49536, longitude -0.17767, in the SW7 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201301BS70252
- 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
- 4
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 4
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 September 2005.
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A4 in Kensington and Chelsea, 7 September 2005
At the same spotRef 200501BS70489
Slight
Kawasaki ZR750 crash on the A4 in Kensington and Chelsea, 5 July 2009
At the same spotRef 200901BS70355
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4 in Kensington and Chelsea, 6 October 1997
At the same spotRef 199701BS00602
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A4 in Kensington and Chelsea, 2 November 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010143009
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A4 in Kensington and Chelsea, 4 July 2007
At the same spotRef 200701BS70360
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4 in Kensington and Chelsea, 7 May 1998
At the same spotRef 199801BS00283
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes GL Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
Vehicle 3: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, 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 201301BS70252 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.