B304 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 5 March 2015 at 13:45 involving a Toyota Hiace van
A bicycle and a Toyota Hiace van were involved in a crash on the B304 in Kensington and Chelsea at 13:45 on Thursday 5 March 2015. The 20-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
- 5 Mar 2015
- Thursday, 13:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Toyota Hiace
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49009, longitude -0.1707, 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 Chelsea Riverside, Kensington and Chelsea, SW3 5NP 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
- 201501BS70158
- 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
- 304
- 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 May 2015.
Slight
BMW X5 crash on the B304 in Kensington and Chelsea, 20 May 2015
At the same spotRef 201501BS70273
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the B304 in Kensington and Chelsea, 25 March 1997
At the same spotRef 199701BS00181
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B304 in Kensington and Chelsea, 5 July 1996
At the same spotRef 199601BS00342
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on an unclassified road in Kensington and Chelsea, 2 July 2010
At the same spotRef 201001BS70368
Serious
Porsche Cayenne crash on the B304 in Kensington and Chelsea, 16 May 2016
At the same spotRef 201601BS70303
Slight
Honda CB350S crash on the B304 in Kensington and Chelsea, 6 April 1995
At the same spotRef 199501BS00193
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Hiace
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South 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
- Engine capacity
- 2,494 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 20, on vehicle 1 (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 201501BS70158 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.