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Unclassified road crash in Kensington and Chelsea W10 on 12 April 2018 at 16:15 involving a Piaggio Vespa motorcycle

A Piaggio Vespa motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Kensington and Chelsea at 16:15 on Thursday 12 April 2018. The 27-year-old male rider of the Piaggio Vespa motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Apr 2018
Thursday, 16:15
Vehicles
2
Piaggio Vespa and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51517, longitude -0.22227, in the W10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kensington and Chelsea. It is one of the crashes that make up the St. Helen's, Kensington and Chelsea, W10 6RF area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018010101520
Council area
Kensington and Chelsea
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 21 February 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Piaggio Vespa

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio Vespa)

    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 2018010101520 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.