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A402 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 4 September 2025 at 16:05 involving a Piaggio Vespa motorcycle

A Piaggio Vespa motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A402 in Kensington and Chelsea at 16:05 on Thursday 4 September 2025. A 27-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Sep 2025
Thursday, 16:05
Vehicles
1
Piaggio Vespa
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50503, longitude -0.21493, 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 Shepherd's Bush Green, Hammersmith and Fulham, W12 8QD area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025010595604
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
A
First road number
402
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 April 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Piaggio Vespa

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    278 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, hit by vehicle 1 (Piaggio Vespa)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from home
    10 to 20 km

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 2025010595604 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 2025.