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A308 crash in Kensington and Chelsea on 13 December 2025 at 23:22 involving a Mercedes E Class taxi

A Mercedes E Class taxi and an Audi Q5 were involved in a crash on the A308 in Kensington and Chelsea at 23:22 on Saturday 13 December 2025. The 27-year-old male driver of the Mercedes E Class taxi was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a road with a 20 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Dec 2025
Saturday, 23:22
Vehicles
2
Mercedes E Class and Audi Q5
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48005, longitude -0.18623, in the SW10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kensington and Chelsea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sands End, Hammersmith and Fulham, SW6 2QB area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025010615349
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
308
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Second road class
Unclassified

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit

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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 May 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class

    Taxi or private hire car

    First point of impact
    Back
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,950 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Electric diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

  • Vehicle 2: Audi Q5

    Car

    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,980 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes E Class)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from home
    20 to 100 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 2025010615349 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.