Serious A346 crash in Wiltshire on 23 July 2025 at 20:28 involving a Hyundai Tucson
A Hyundai Tucson, a BMW R Series motorcycle and a Triumph Daytona motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A346 in Wiltshire at 20:28 on Wednesday 23 July 2025. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 Jul 2025
- Wednesday, 20:28
- Vehicles
- 3
- Hyundai Tucson and 2 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3677, longitude -1.67765, in the SN8 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025541627436
- Council area
- Wiltshire
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 346
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Very 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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 June 2023.
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A346 in Wiltshire, 8 June 2023
4 m awayRef 2023546006723
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A346 in Wiltshire, 30 May 2023
5 m awayRef 2023545641623
Slight
Rover 45 crash on the A346 in Wiltshire, 19 March 2011
13 m awayRef 201154EC10011
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A346 in Wiltshire, 28 April 2008
13 m awayRef 200854EH19008
Slight
Car crash on the A346 in Wiltshire, 8 December 1983
34 m awayRef 198354DM02823
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A346 in Wiltshire, 20 November 2000
41 m awayRef 200054AH71100
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai Tucson
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Vehicle 2: BMW R Series
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,254 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 3: Triumph Daytona
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 675 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Tucson)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Over 100 km
Casualty 2: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 58, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (BMW R Series)
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Tucson)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Over 100 km
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Tucson)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Rider
SlightMale, aged 54, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 3 (Triumph Daytona)
- 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 2025541627436 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wiltshire road accident statistics for 2025.