A308 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 23 July 2013 at 08:54 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A308 in Kensington and Chelsea at 08:54 on Tuesday 23 July 2013. The 36-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 crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jul 2013
- Tuesday, 08:54
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49343, longitude -0.1691, in the SW3 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Kensington and Chelsea
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201301BS70417
- 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
- 308
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- 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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 June 2005.
Slight
Piaggio ET2 crash on the A308 in Kensington and Chelsea, 9 June 2005
At the same spotRef 200501BS70269
Slight
Honda crash on the A308 in Kensington and Chelsea, 14 July 1996
At the same spotRef 199601BS00365
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A308 in Kensington and Chelsea, 29 December 1996
At the same spotRef 199601BS00821
Serious
Car crash on the A308 in Kensington and Chelsea, 18 June 2000
At the same spotRef 200001BS00467
Slight
London Taxis Int. TX4 crash on the A308 in Kensington and Chelsea, 13 June 2011
At the same spotRef 201101BS70275
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A308 in Kensington and Chelsea, 15 February 2014
At the same spotRef 201401BS70077
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South West
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 36, 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 201301BS70417 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.