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Fatal A51 crash in Cheshire West and Chester on 12 July 2025 at 16:04 involving a Triumph Rocket motorcycle

A Triumph Rocket motorcycle crashed on the A51 in Cheshire West and Chester at 16:04 on Saturday 12 July 2025. The 69-year-old male rider was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
12 Jul 2025
Saturday, 16:04
Vehicles
1
Triumph Rocket
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.19689, longitude -2.82661, in the CH3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Littleton.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire West and Chester

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025070573796
Council area
Cheshire West and Chester
Police force
Cheshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
51
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Permanent road signing or markings defective or obscured or inadequate

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 November 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph Rocket

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    2,458 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 69, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Triumph Rocket)

    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2025070573796 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cheshire West and Chester road accident statistics for 2025.