B450 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 14 May 2022 at 14:54 involving a Sym Jet motorcycle
A Sym Jet motorcycle and a Yamaha GPD motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B450 in Kensington and Chelsea at 14:54 on Saturday 14 May 2022. The 19-year-old male rider of the Sym Jet motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 May 2022
- Saturday, 14:54
- Vehicles
- 2
- Sym Jet and Yamaha GPD
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5164, longitude -0.20921, 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
- 2022010376755
- 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
- 450
- 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
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 June 1986.
Slight
Car crash on the B450 in Kensington and Chelsea, 25 June 1986
5 m awayRef 198601BH00129
Slight
Mitsubishi Colt crash on the B450 in Kensington and Chelsea, 16 April 2004
5 m awayRef 200401BS00170
Serious
Datsun Bluebird crash on a C road in Kensington and Chelsea, 6 November 1990
5 m awayRef 199001BH00284
Slight
Yamaha GPD crash on the B450 in Kensington and Chelsea, 16 July 2023
7 m awayRef 2023010455760
Slight
Audi Q7 crash on the B450 in Kensington and Chelsea, 18 March 2015
10 m awayRef 201501BS70134
Slight
Honda NSC crash on the B450 in Kensington and Chelsea, 5 December 2025
14 m awayRef 2025010613690
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Sym Jet
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha GPD
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Sym Jet)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2022010376755 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.