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Fatal unclassified road crash in Bath and North East Somerset BS39 on 26 June 2025 at 17:00 involving a bicycle

A bicycle crashed on an unclassified road in Bath and North East Somerset at 17:00 on Thursday 26 June 2025. The 78-year-old male cyclist was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
26 Jun 2025
Thursday, 17:00
Vehicles
1
Bicycle
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32905, longitude -2.51534, in the BS39 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bath and North East Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025520000964
Council area
Bath and North East Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine with 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, 90 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 January 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    78 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Fatal

    Male, aged 78, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2025520000964 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bath and North East Somerset road accident statistics for 2025.