A40 crash in Buckinghamshire on 26 September 2025 at 21:26 involving a Honda WW125 motorcycle
A Honda WW125 motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A40 in Buckinghamshire at 21:26 on Friday 26 September 2025. The 30-year-old male rider and a 24-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Sep 2025
- Friday, 21:26
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda WW125
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57196, longitude -0.52175, in the UB9 postcode district. The location was in the former South Bucks district.
Map of where the crash happened in Buckinghamshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025430493274
- Council area
- Buckinghamshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 40
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights unlit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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, 25 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 2009.
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire, 6 October 2009
25 m awayRef 200943N046109
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire, 2 August 1987
38 m awayRef 198743A006087
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire, 1 November 1992
48 m awayRef 199243N003112
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire, 10 October 1992
65 m awayRef 199243N046102
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire, 17 October 1980
89 m awayRef 198043B065100
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire, 29 April 1982
98 m awayRef 198243B084042
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda WW125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 30, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda WW125)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 24, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda WW125)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most 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 2025430493274 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Buckinghamshire road accident statistics for 2025.