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Serious A3212 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 15 February 2017 at 20:04 involving a Piaggio Typhoon motorcycle

A Piaggio Typhoon motorcycle and a Citroen C1 were involved in a crash on the A3212 in Kensington and Chelsea at 20:04 on Wednesday 15 February 2017. The 23-year-old male rider of the Piaggio Typhoon motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Feb 2017
Wednesday, 20:04
Vehicles
2
Piaggio Typhoon and Citroen C1
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48457, longitude -0.15664, in the SW3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Royal Hospital, Kensington and Chelsea, SW3 4SZ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017010018664
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
3212
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 October 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Piaggio Typhoon

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen C1

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio Typhoon)

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 2017010018664 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.