A4206 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 14 January 2017 at 22:30 involving a Yamaha YN 50 Neos motorcycle
A Yamaha YN 50 Neos motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A4206 in Kensington and Chelsea at 22:30 on Saturday 14 January 2017. The 44-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YN 50 Neos motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Jan 2017
- Saturday, 22:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha YN 50 Neos and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51047, longitude -0.19753, in the W11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kensington and Chelsea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bayswater, Westminster, W2 4NG 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
- 2017010012184
- Council area
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4206
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Auto traffic signal, out
- Carriageway hazards
- Defective traffic signals
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 December 1983.
Serious
Car crash on the A4206 in Kensington and Chelsea, 5 December 1983
10 m awayRef 1983010BH0288
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A4206 in Kensington and Chelsea, 17 December 2005
10 m awayRef 200501BS70768
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A4206 in Kensington and Chelsea, 21 December 2016
10 m awayRef 2016010008205
Serious
MCW crash on the A4206 in Kensington and Chelsea, 6 May 2000
10 m awayRef 200001BS00395
Slight
Wrightbus NB4L crash on the A4206 in Kensington and Chelsea, 16 November 2025
14 m awayRef 2025010609782
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4206 in Kensington and Chelsea, 29 April 1995
14 m awayRef 199501BH00103
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha YN 50 Neos
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 44, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YN 50 Neos)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
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 2017010012184 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 2017.