Serious A369 crash in North Somerset on 27 October 2025 at 10:50 involving a Triumph Bonneville motorcycle
A Triumph Bonneville motorcycle and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the A369 in North Somerset at 10:50 on Monday 27 October 2025. The 57-year-old male rider of the Triumph Bonneville motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 27 Oct 2025
- Monday, 10:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Triumph Bonneville and Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47864, longitude -2.75637, in the BS20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portishead.
Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025522600397
- Council area
- North Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 369
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 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, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 September 2025.
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A369 in North Somerset, 27 September 2025
7 m awayRef 2025522600179
Serious
Car crash on the A369 in North Somerset, 31 July 1979
15 m awayRef 197952LNP0859
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A369 in North Somerset, 18 June 2009
25 m awayRef 2009520905458
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the A369 in North Somerset, 25 September 1980
30 m awayRef 198052JNP1157
Slight
Volvo V40 crash on the A369 in North Somerset, 14 October 2018
59 m awayRef 2018521808667
Serious
Car crash on the A369 in North Somerset, 12 November 1980
78 m awayRef 198052JNP1415
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Triumph Bonneville
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 57, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Triumph Bonneville)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- 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 2025522600397 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Somerset road accident statistics for 2025.