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B415 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 24 December 2022 at 19:50 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Ford C-Max were involved in a crash on the B415 in Kensington and Chelsea at 19:50 on Saturday 24 December 2022. The 70-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet one-way street with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 2022
Saturday, 19:50
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Ford C-Max
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51207, longitude -0.2018, 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 Norland, Kensington and Chelsea, W11 2LG area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022010425198
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
415
Road type
One way street
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

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
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, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 March 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,364 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Ford C-Max

    Car

    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    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 2022010425198 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.