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Serious A360 crash in Wiltshire on 12 September 2025 at 20:46 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A bicycle and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A360 in Wiltshire at 20:46 on Friday 12 September 2025. The 18-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Sep 2025
Friday, 20:46
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.0809, longitude -1.81726, in the SP2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Salisbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Salisbury Fisherton & Bemerton Village, Wiltshire, SP2 9EY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025541651871
Council area
Wiltshire
Police force
Wiltshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
360
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
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 January 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most 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 2025541651871 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.