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B316 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 8 June 2018 at 12:50 involving a Mercedes CLK Class

A Mercedes CLK Class and a Saab 9-5 were involved in a crash on the B316 in Kensington and Chelsea at 12:50 on Friday 8 June 2018. A 23-year-old male passenger in the Mercedes CLK Class and a male passenger in the Mercedes CLK Class were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Jun 2018
Friday, 12:50
Vehicles
2
Mercedes CLK Class and Saab 9-5
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49762, longitude -0.19775, 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.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018010113039
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
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
Daylight
Weather
Other

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 14 June 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes CLK Class

    Car

    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Saab 9-5

    Car

    First point of impact
    Back
    Engine capacity
    1,910 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes CLK Class)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes CLK Class)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2018010113039 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.