B415 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 10 August 2019 at 00:13 involving a Toyota Prius taxi
A motorcycle and a Toyota Prius taxi were involved in a crash on the B415 in Kensington and Chelsea at 00:13 on Saturday 10 August 2019. The 29-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Aug 2019
- Saturday, 00:13
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Toyota Prius
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51493, longitude -0.20545, in the W11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kensington and Chelsea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Colville, Kensington and Chelsea, W11 1AL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010198769
- Council area
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 415
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 June 2004.
Slight
Volvo crash on the B415 in Kensington and Chelsea, 30 June 2004
3 m awayRef 200401BS00344
Slight
Leyland Aec crash on the B415 in Kensington and Chelsea, 19 March 2001
3 m awayRef 200101BS00212
Slight
Leyland Aec crash on the B415 in Kensington and Chelsea, 2 September 1991
3 m awayRef 199101BH00205
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B415 in Kensington and Chelsea, 19 November 1984
3 m awayRef 198401BH00286
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in Kensington and Chelsea, 29 January 2015
3 m awayRef 201501BS70052
Slight
Bus crash on the B415 in Kensington and Chelsea, 2 March 1996
3 m awayRef 199601BH00043
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Prius
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 29, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- 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 2019010198769 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.