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C road crash in Kensington and Chelsea W8 on 10 December 2018 at 18:55 involving a Smart Fortwo

A vehicle and a Smart Fortwo were involved in a crash on a C road in Kensington and Chelsea at 18:55 on Monday 10 December 2018. The 35-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Dec 2018
Monday, 18:55
Vehicles
2
Other vehicle and Smart Fortwo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5008, longitude -0.19459, 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 Campden, Kensington and Chelsea, W8 7NU area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018010151206
Council area
Kensington and Chelsea
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
20 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
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 May 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Hit object in carriageway
    Open door of vehicle
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Smart Fortwo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2018010151206 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.