Fatal B600 crash in Ashfield on 20 July 2025 at 19:54 involving a Harley-Davidson XL motorcycle
A Harley-Davidson XL motorcycle, a Volvo XC90 and a car were involved in a crash on the B600 in Ashfield at 19:54 on Sunday 20 July 2025. The 38-year-old male rider of the Harley-Davidson XL motorcycle was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 20 Jul 2025
- Sunday, 19:54
- Vehicles
- 3
- Harley-Davidson XL and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.05539, longitude -1.28989, in the NG16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brinsley and Underwood. It is one of the crashes that make up the Underwood, Ashfield, NG16 5GA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Ashfield
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025311626504
- Council area
- Ashfield
- Police force
- Nottinghamshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Nottinghamshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 600
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 May 1979.
Slight
Car crash on the B600 in Ashfield, 18 May 1979
22 m awayRef 1979312200803
Slight
Vehicle crash on an unclassified road in Ashfield, 11 February 1981
32 m awayRef 1981312200287
Slight
Bus crash on the B600 in Ashfield, 16 November 1987
41 m awayRef 1987317G20656
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the B600 in Ashfield, 22 March 1998
41 m awayRef 1998317A20209
Serious
Volvo crash on the B600 in Ashfield, 7 June 1994
41 m awayRef 1994317M80838
Slight
Vauxhall Astramax crash on the B600 in Ashfield, 8 January 1994
41 m awayRef 1994317S80044
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Harley-Davidson XL
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,202 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Volvo XC90
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,969 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,750 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
FatalMale, aged 38, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Harley-Davidson XL)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least 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 2025311626504 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ashfield road accident statistics for 2025.