Overview
- A man in his 60s from Stroud died at the scene after a single-vehicle motorcycle crash on the A433 near the Thames Head Inn over the weekend.
- Police said the motorcycle was a red Honda NC750X and the collision happened where the road narrows under a railway bridge.
- The A433 was closed in both directions for about ten hours, with diversions and long queues reported on nearby lanes and the A429.
- Investigators are asking witnesses and drivers with dashcam video to come forward using occurrence 53260036414, and the road has since reopened.
- Local leaders are urging Gloucestershire Highways to improve this accident blackspot after earlier deaths in October 2024 and September 2017.