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Unclassified road crash in Kensington and Chelsea SW3 on 14 December 2022 at 09:45 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van

A bicycle and a Mercedes Sprinter van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Kensington and Chelsea at 09:45 on Wednesday 14 December 2022. The 33-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Dec 2022
Wednesday, 09:45
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Mercedes Sprinter
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4869, longitude -0.16004, 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.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022010416300
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
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
302

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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 January 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes Sprinter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,950 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2022010416300 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.