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Serious unclassified road crash in Kensington and Chelsea SW1W on 6 July 2017 at 15:11 involving a Tesla Model X

A Tesla Model X and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Kensington and Chelsea at 15:11 on Thursday 6 July 2017. A 43-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Tesla Model X 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
6 Jul 2017
Thursday, 15:11
Vehicles
2
Tesla Model X and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48997, longitude -0.15714, in the SW1W 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017010047021
Council area
Kensington and Chelsea
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 August 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Tesla Model X

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Electric
    Vehicle age
    0 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 43, hit by vehicle 1 (Tesla Model X)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2017010047021 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.