B302 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 26 April 2017 at 16:15 involving a Honda WW125 motorcycle
A Honda WW125 motorcycle, a Land Rover Range Rover and a Mini One were involved in a crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea at 16:15 on Wednesday 26 April 2017. The 28-year-old male rider of the Honda WW125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Apr 2017
- Wednesday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Honda WW125 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48485, longitude -0.16296, 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.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010034331
- Council area
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Other 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 May 2024.
Slight
Yamaha GPD crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea, 10 May 2024
4 m awayRef 2024010510997
Slight
London Taxis Int. TX1 crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea, 29 March 2008
10 m awayRef 200801BS70144
Slight
Citroen Relay crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea, 29 February 2008
14 m awayRef 200801BS70087
Slight
Nissan Serena crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea, 9 February 2000
14 m awayRef 200001BS00092
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea, 14 November 1995
14 m awayRef 199501BS00696
Serious
Mini Countryman crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea, 20 March 2025
18 m awayRef 2025010565086
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Honda WW125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Range Rover
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Mini One
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 28, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda WW125)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2017010034331 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.