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Serious M5 crash in Somerset on 9 June 2025 at 15:00 involving a Kawasaki ZR motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZR motorcycle and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the M5 in Somerset at 15:00 on Monday 9 June 2025. The 54-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZR motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Jun 2025
Monday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki ZR and Mercedes C Class
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.16779, longitude -2.98013, in the TA7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Huntspill, Somerset, TA6 4GW area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Sedgemoor district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025520501573
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
5
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
39

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

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 28 June 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZR

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    953 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Electric diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 54, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZR)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2025520501573 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Somerset road accident statistics for 2025.