B317 crash in Hammersmith and Fulham on 21 August 2018 at 20:30 involving a Mercedes AMG Class
A Mercedes AMG Class and a Honda CBR125R motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B317 in Hammersmith and Fulham at 20:30 on Tuesday 21 August 2018. The 26-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR125R motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Aug 2018
- Tuesday, 20:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes AMG Class and Honda CBR125R
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4921, longitude -0.20747, in the W14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hammersmith and Fulham. 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 Hammersmith and Fulham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010128286
- Council area
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 317
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 serious injury crash on 28 October 2007.
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Hammersmith and Fulham, 28 October 2007
At the same spotRef 200701FH10588
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Hammersmith and Fulham, 5 February 2010
At the same spotRef 201001FH10069
Slight
Honda crash on the B317 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 7 September 2010
At the same spotRef 201001FH10464
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the B317 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 11 November 2017
At the same spotRef 2017010069495
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B317 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 6 May 2022
3 m awayRef 2022010374948
Slight
Car crash on the B317 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 7 December 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010615040
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes AMG Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda CBR125R
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 26, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR125R)
- 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 2018010128286 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hammersmith and Fulham road accident statistics for 2018.