Serious B302 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 11 March 2015 at 09:30 involving a taxi
A taxi and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea at 09:30 on Wednesday 11 March 2015. The 37-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Mar 2015
- Wednesday, 09:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Taxi and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48608, longitude -0.1615, 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 Royal Hospital, Kensington and Chelsea, SW3 4SZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Kensington and Chelsea
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201501BS70124
- Council area
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 302
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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 January 1999.
Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea, 7 January 1999
At the same spotRef 199901BS00009
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea, 30 November 1995
At the same spotRef 199501BS00741
Serious
Suzuki GSXR 1000 crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea, 3 February 2007
At the same spotRef 200701BS70066
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea, 10 June 1997
At the same spotRef 199701BS00317
Serious
Volvo crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea, 10 October 1999
At the same spotRef 199901BS00646
Serious
BMW K 100 RT crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea, 26 January 1995
At the same spotRef 199501BS00039
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Taxi
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousFemale, aged 37, 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 201501BS70124 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 2015.