Motorcyclist hospitalised following collision close to M40 in Banbury
22/02/2025
The rider was thrown over the barrier and landed on the opposite carriageway
A motorcyclist is in hospital with serious injuries following a collision near the M40 junction in Banbury yesterday morning (Friday).
It was around 11.20am when a silver Yamaha FZS 1000 left the Wildmere Road and Ermont Way roundabout to head up the eastbound A422 towards the M40. As it did so it collided with a road barrier.
The motorcyclist – a man in his sixties – went over the barrier and landed on the westbound carriageway. His motorbike stayed on the eastbound carriageway.
The man sustained serious injuries and remains in hospital.
Thames Valley Police Investigating officer PC Katie Young said: “I am appealing for witnesses to this collision to please come forward.
“I am also appealing to anyone who was driving in the area and has dash-came footage, to please share this with us.
“Anyone with information can contact us by calling 101 or making an online report, via our website, quoting crime reference number 43250087457.”
Following the collision the A422 remained closed for a couple of hours, with one lane in each direction opened towards the end of lunchtime.
Published: by the Banbury FM News Team
