B304 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 31 March 2023 at 15:15 involving a Honda SH 125 motorcycle
A Honda SH 125 motorcycle and a BMW IX were involved in a crash on the B304 in Kensington and Chelsea at 15:15 on Friday 31 March 2023. The 36-year-old male rider of the Honda SH 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a road with a 20 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Mar 2023
- Friday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda SH 125 and BMW IX
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48454, longitude -0.16805, 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Kensington and Chelsea
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023010435791
- 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
- 304
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
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 18 January 1993.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B304 in Kensington and Chelsea, 18 January 1993
3 m awayRef 199301BC00025
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the B304 in Kensington and Chelsea, 1 August 1996
7 m awayRef 199601BS00399
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the B304 in Kensington and Chelsea, 8 January 1996
7 m awayRef 199601BS00005
Slight
Car crash on the B304 in Kensington and Chelsea, 29 April 1988
16 m awayRef 198801BC00175
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the B304 in Kensington and Chelsea, 20 October 2022
16 m awayRef 2022010405700
Slight
Volkswagen Sharan crash on the B304 in Kensington and Chelsea, 25 March 2019
16 m awayRef 2019010171205
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda SH 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW IX
Car
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 36, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda SH 125)
- 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 2023010435791 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 2023.