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Unclassified road crash in Kensington and Chelsea SW3 on 11 May 2022 at 18:01 involving a Mercedes Vito taxi

A Mercedes Vito taxi hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Kensington and Chelsea at 18:01 on Wednesday 11 May 2022. A 35-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 May 2022
Wednesday, 18:01
Vehicles
1
Mercedes Vito
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49016, longitude -0.17044, 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 Chelsea Riverside, Kensington and Chelsea, SW3 5NP area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022010375847
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
Unclassified
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
B
Second road number
304

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

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 10 May 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Vito

    Taxi or private hire car

    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes Vito)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2022010375847 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.