Serious A315 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 12 October 2015 at 13:35 involving a London Taxis Int. TX4
A motorcycle and a London Taxis Int. TX4 were involved in a crash on the A315 in Kensington and Chelsea at 13:35 on Monday 12 October 2015. The 47-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 12 Oct 2015
- Monday, 13:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and London Taxis Int. TX4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50221, longitude -0.18693, in the W8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Queen's Gate, Kensington and Chelsea, SW7 4AW area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201501BS70596
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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 22 December 2017.
Slight
Honda Pes 125 crash on the A315 in Kensington and Chelsea, 22 December 2017
At the same spotRef 2017010082401
Slight
Triumph Daytona 955I crash on the A315 in Kensington and Chelsea, 15 May 2003
At the same spotRef 200301BS00272
Slight
Ford C-Max crash on the A315 in Kensington and Chelsea, 5 December 2023
At the same spotRef 2023010482303
Slight
Saab 900 crash on the A315 in Kensington and Chelsea, 26 March 1996
At the same spotRef 199601BS00153
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A315 in Kensington and Chelsea, 30 May 1995
At the same spotRef 199501BS00278
Slight
Honda VFR 1200 crash on the A315 in Kensington and Chelsea, 5 November 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010143518
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
Vehicle 2: London Taxis Int. TX4
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
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 47, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 201501BS70596 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.