B302 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 23 February 2019 at 14:30 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea at 14:30 on Saturday 23 February 2019. The 21-year-old male rider of the 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
- 23 Feb 2019
- Saturday, 14:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48687, longitude -0.16014, 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 Royal Hospital, Kensington and Chelsea, SW3 4SZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Kensington and Chelsea
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010174192
- Council area
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 302
- 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 5 April 1995.
Slight
Renault 19 crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea, 5 April 1995
At the same spotRef 199501BS00189
Slight
Triumph crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea, 7 February 1997
At the same spotRef 199701BS00083
Slight
Volvo crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea, 13 December 1995
At the same spotRef 199501BS00773
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea, 27 September 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010BC0376
Slight
Aprilia crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea, 11 January 2002
At the same spotRef 200201BS00020
Slight
Yamaha crash on the B302 in Kensington and Chelsea, 29 October 1990
At the same spotRef 199001BC00431
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- 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
- 21 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 21, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- 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 2019010174192 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 2019.