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A3031 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 28 January 2022 at 21:03 involving a Mercedes A Class

A Mercedes A Class and a car were involved in a crash on the A3031 in Kensington and Chelsea at 21:03 on Friday 28 January 2022. The 22-year-old female driver of the Mercedes A Class and a male passenger in the Mercedes A Class were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Jan 2022
Friday, 21:03
Vehicles
2
Mercedes A Class and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48341, longitude -0.16729, in the SW3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chelsea Riverside, Kensington and Chelsea, SW3 5NP 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
2022010357477
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
A
First road number
3031
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
3212

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 August 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class

    Car

    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,333 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes A Class)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

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

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2022010357477 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 2022.