B316 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 23 March 2018 at 11:00 involving a Honda ANC125E motorcycle
A Honda ANC125E motorcycle and a Mercedes R Class were involved in a crash on the B316 in Kensington and Chelsea at 11:00 on Friday 23 March 2018. The 28-year-old female rider of the Honda ANC125E motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Mar 2018
- Friday, 11:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda ANC125E and Mercedes R Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49671, longitude -0.19721, in the W8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kensington and Chelsea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Earl's Court, Kensington and Chelsea, SW5 9SH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Kensington and Chelsea
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010098635
- Council area
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 316
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 August 1989.
Slight
Car crash on the B316 in Kensington and Chelsea, 2 August 1989
At the same spotRef 198901BD00279
Slight
Car crash on the B316 in Kensington and Chelsea, 13 September 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010BD0332
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the B316 in Kensington and Chelsea, 5 November 1997
At the same spotRef 199701BS00672
Serious
Honda crash on the B316 in Kensington and Chelsea, 14 May 1997
At the same spotRef 199701BS00261
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B316 in Kensington and Chelsea, 19 June 1991
At the same spotRef 199101BD00187
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the B316 in Kensington and Chelsea, 8 November 2014
At the same spotRef 201401BS70770
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda ANC125E
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes R Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 28, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda ANC125E)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018010098635 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.