C road crash in Kensington and Chelsea SW7 on 1 April 2017 at 07:20 involving a Yamaha GPD 125 motorcycle
A Yamaha GPD 125 motorcycle crashed on a C road in Kensington and Chelsea at 07:20 on Saturday 1 April 2017. The 19-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Apr 2017
- Saturday, 07:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Yamaha GPD 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49389, longitude -0.17772, in the SW7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kensington and Chelsea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brompton & Hans Town, Kensington and Chelsea, SW7 2PA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010036725
- Council area
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 April 2013.
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on a C road in Kensington and Chelsea, 4 April 2013
At the same spotRef 201301BS70151
Serious
BYD Enviro crash on a C road in Kensington and Chelsea, 4 October 2025
8 m awayRef 2025010601644
Slight
Toyota Camry crash on a C road in Kensington and Chelsea, 2 July 2006
10 m awayRef 200601BS70370
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Kensington and Chelsea, 20 April 1990
10 m awayRef 199001BC00162
Slight
Taxi crash on a C road in Kensington and Chelsea, 25 October 1989
10 m awayRef 198901BC00455
Slight
Volvo 740 crash on a C road in Kensington and Chelsea, 29 November 1993
14 m awayRef 199301BC00432
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha GPD 125
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 19, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha GPD 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2017010036725 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.