A315 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 23 July 2013 at 16:42 involving a Toyota Prius
A Toyota Prius and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A315 in Kensington and Chelsea at 16:42 on Tuesday 23 July 2013. The 34-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jul 2013
- Tuesday, 16:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Prius and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50056, longitude -0.19417, in the W8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kensington and Chelsea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Campden, Kensington and Chelsea, W8 7NU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Kensington and Chelsea
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201301BS70414
- 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
- 315
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 January 2018.
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the A315 in Kensington and Chelsea, 30 January 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010086707
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A315 in Kensington and Chelsea, 7 March 2012
At the same spotRef 201201TA00200
Slight
Bus crash on the A315 in Kensington and Chelsea, 30 July 1985
At the same spotRef 198501BD00271
Serious
Car crash on the A315 in Kensington and Chelsea, 29 November 1993
At the same spotRef 199301BD00400
Slight
MAN crash on the A315 in Kensington and Chelsea, 25 July 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010588697
Serious
BMW 5 Series crash on the A315 in Kensington and Chelsea, 5 February 2023
9 m awayRef 2023010425650
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 34, on vehicle 2 (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 201301BS70414 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.