A3220 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 3 December 2025 at 06:05 involving a Maxus Deliver van
A Maxus Deliver van and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the A3220 in Kensington and Chelsea at 06:05 on Wednesday 3 December 2025. The 38-year-old male driver of the Maxus Deliver van was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Dec 2025
- Wednesday, 06:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Maxus Deliver and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48936, longitude -0.19036, in the SW5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kensington and Chelsea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lillie, Hammersmith and Fulham, SW6 1GD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010613107
- Council area
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3220
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 3218
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 November 2023.
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A3218 in Kensington and Chelsea, 23 November 2023
3 m awayRef 2023010479895
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A3218 in Kensington and Chelsea, 31 March 2019
4 m awayRef 2019010172492
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A3220 in Kensington and Chelsea, 15 December 1997
6 m awayRef 199701BS00764
Slight
Leyland crash on the A3220 in Kensington and Chelsea, 10 April 1997
6 m awayRef 199701BS00199
Slight
Van crash on the A3220 in Kensington and Chelsea, 6 January 1997
6 m awayRef 199701BS00001
Slight
Piaggio ET2 crash on the A3220 in Kensington and Chelsea, 5 August 2003
6 m awayRef 200301BS00457
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Maxus Deliver
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Maxus Deliver)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 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 2025010613107 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.