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Serious A38 crash in South Gloucestershire on 1 October 2025 at 15:13 involving a Harley-Davidson motorcycle

A taxi and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A38 in South Gloucestershire at 15:13 on Wednesday 1 October 2025. The 65-year-old male rider of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle was seriously injured and a 33-year-old female passenger in the taxi and a 26-year-old male passenger on the Harley-Davidson motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Oct 2025
Wednesday, 15:13
Vehicles
2
Taxi and Harley-Davidson
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51516, longitude -2.57223, in the BS34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Filton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Filton, South Gloucestershire, BS34 7QF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025522501665
Council area
South Gloucestershire
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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

Serious injury band
Moderately 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 March 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Taxi or private hire car

    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
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    2,487 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

  • Vehicle 2: Harley-Davidson

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    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
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 65, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Harley-Davidson)

    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Over 100 km

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Harley-Davidson)

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 2025522501665 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Gloucestershire road accident statistics for 2025.