A3220 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 23 May 2018 at 11:30 involving a Toyota Prius taxi
A Toyota Prius taxi and a Citroen Berlingo van were involved in a crash on the A3220 in Kensington and Chelsea at 11:30 on Wednesday 23 May 2018. A 33-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Prius taxi was slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 23 May 2018
- Wednesday, 11:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Prius and Citroen Berlingo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48808, longitude -0.19193, in the SW10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kensington and Chelsea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lillie, Hammersmith and Fulham, SW6 1GD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010109913
- Council area
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3220
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 November 2011.
Slight
Gilera Runner 125 crash on the A3220 in Kensington and Chelsea, 28 November 2011
At the same spotRef 201101TA01834
Slight
Tesla Model Y crash on the A3220 in Kensington and Chelsea, 13 December 2024
7 m awayRef 2024010549099
Serious
Car crash on the A3220 in Kensington and Chelsea, 1 August 1989
10 m awayRef 198901BD00277
Slight
Lorry crash on the A3220 in Kensington and Chelsea, 22 February 2003
10 m awayRef 200301BS00101
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A3220 in Kensington and Chelsea, 9 October 2025
11 m awayRef 2025010602779
Slight
Honda crash on the A3220 in Kensington and Chelsea, 22 April 1996
14 m awayRef 199601BS00199
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Citroen Berlingo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 33, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Prius)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 2018010109913 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.