{"id":315326,"date":"2025-08-03T19:35:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T19:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/315326\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T19:35:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T19:35:15","slug":"teenager-dies-in-motorbike-crash-on-bristols-outskirts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/315326\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenager dies in motorbike crash on Bristol&#8217;s outskirts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is not currently believed any other vehicles were involved<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 __className_a27ee5\">Olivier Vergnault<\/strong> Senior Reporter <\/p>\n<p>19:48, 03 Aug 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1754249715_324_0_CapturePNG.png\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>The crash happened along Westerleigh Road<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A teenager has died after being involved in a motorbike crash in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/south-gloucestershire\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">South Gloucestershire<\/a>. Emergency services were called to Westerleigh Road at about 7.50pm on Saturday August 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/avon-and-somerset-constabulary\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Avon and Somerset Constabulary<\/a> have confirmed that the rider of the motorbike, a 17-year-old, was pronounced deceased at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The force said that a specially-trained officer will support his family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In a statement, the police force said: &#8220;A motorcyclist sadly died in a collision in South Gloucestershire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Emergency services were called to Westerleigh Road at about 7.50pm yesterday (Saturday 2 August).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The 17-year-old rider was pronounced deceased at the scene. A specially-trained officer will support his family, and our thoughts are with them at this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;It is not currently believed any other vehicles were involved, but we are appealing for witnesses to assist our understanding of the incident.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Anyone who saw what happened, or has dashcam footage showing a Husqvarna motorcycle being ridden in the area shortly before the crash is asked to contact the police via its website or by calling 101 quoting reference number <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">5225218101<\/strong> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is not currently believed any other vehicles were involved Olivier Vergnault Senior Reporter 19:48, 03 Aug 2025&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[9312,381,748,393,4884,10299,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-315326","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-avon-and-somerset-constabulary","9":"tag-bristol","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-south-gloucestershire","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114966516479880709","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}