A3217 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 26 May 2018 at 10:50 involving a Sinnis ZS 125 motorcycle
A Sinnis ZS 125 motorcycle and a Vauxhall Combo van were involved in a crash on the A3217 in Kensington and Chelsea at 10:50 on Saturday 26 May 2018. The 44-year-old male rider of the Sinnis ZS 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 May 2018
- Saturday, 10:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Sinnis ZS 125 and Vauxhall Combo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48659, longitude -0.17081, 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
- 2018010110544
- 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
- 3217
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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 13 October 2017.
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the A3217 in Kensington and Chelsea, 13 October 2017
At the same spotRef 2017010064430
Serious
Car crash on the A3217 in Kensington and Chelsea, 19 August 1994
At the same spotRef 199401BS00025
Slight
Volvo 740 crash on the A3217 in Kensington and Chelsea, 6 August 1992
At the same spotRef 199201BC00247
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A3217 in Kensington and Chelsea, 21 June 2000
At the same spotRef 200001BS00466
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A3217 in Kensington and Chelsea, 11 March 2015
At the same spotRef 201501BS70120
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the A3217 in Kensington and Chelsea, 6 July 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010585113
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Sinnis ZS 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Combo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Straight ahead at junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 44, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Sinnis ZS 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018010110544 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.