B304 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 1 February 2018 at 20:32 involving a Yamaha GPD 125 motorcycle
A Yamaha GPD 125 motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the B304 in Kensington and Chelsea at 20:32 on Thursday 1 February 2018. A 29-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Feb 2018
- Thursday, 20:32
- Vehicles
- 1
- Yamaha GPD 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48484, longitude -0.16829, 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 Stanley, Kensington and Chelsea, SW10 0BJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010087508
- 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
- 304
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 November 1995.
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the B304 in Kensington and Chelsea, 23 November 1995
At the same spotRef 199501BS00716
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B304 in Kensington and Chelsea, 28 August 1985
At the same spotRef 198501BC00329
Slight
Car crash on the B304 in Kensington and Chelsea, 13 December 1984
At the same spotRef 198401BC00540
Slight
Car crash on the B304 in Kensington and Chelsea, 28 May 1985
At the same spotRef 198501BC00178
Slight
Car crash on the B304 in Kensington and Chelsea, 20 December 1996
At the same spotRef 199601BS00809
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the B304 in Kensington and Chelsea, 17 March 2025
5 m awayRef 2025010564435
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha GPD 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 29, hit by vehicle 1 (Yamaha GPD 125)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 2018010087508 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 2018.