A308 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 15 February 2014 at 01:50 involving an Audi A4
A car and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A308 in Kensington and Chelsea at 01:50 on Saturday 15 February 2014. The 63-year-old male driver of the Audi A4 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Feb 2014
- Saturday, 01:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Audi A4
- 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
- 201401BS70077
- 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
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
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
Ford Transit crash on the A308 in Kensington and Chelsea, 23 July 2013
At the same spotRef 201301BS70417
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
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)
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 201401BS70077 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 2014.