A 51-year-old motorcyclist has tragically died as a result of a collision with a tractor and trailer on the main Newport to Yarmouth road at Shalfleet yesterday afternoon (Thursday).
Emergency services were called to the A3054 Yarmouth Road at just before 16:35 to reports of a serious collision, in which a black Kawasaki motorcycle had collided into an agricultural trailer being towed by a tractor.
The road between Pound Lane and Elm Lane was closed in both directions as medics and Police responded to the crash, which occurred near the layby pull in.
However, it soon became clear nothing could be done to save the rider’s life and the 51-year-old male from Shalfleet was pronounced dead at the scene. An air ambulance scrambled from Thruxton was stood down en route.
The man’s family have been informed and are being supported by officers at this time.
No arrests have been made with eyewitness accounts satisfying the Police’s initial enquiries into the cause of the incident.
However, Hampshire Constabulary say they would like to hear from anyone who may have witnessed the collision or may have seen the motorcycle in the time leading up to the incident.
Perhaps you were in the area at the time of the incident and have dash-cam footage? Anyone with information should contact Police by calling 101 or via https://www.hampshire.police.uk/tua/tell-us-about/cor/tell-us-about-existing-case-report/, quoting 44220325268.
Yesterday’s fatal collision occurred less than a mile from the scene of another fatal motorcycle collision earlier this year, which claimed the life of 64-year-old Graham Nightingale. It was less than 3 weeks ago that another man lost his life on the Newport to Yarmouth road at Cranmore.
There have now been a total of 6 fatal road traffic collisions on the Island’s roads in the first 8 months of 2022, with incidents at Whippingham, Newport and Shorwell.
Such tragic news
My heart goes out to the gentleman’s friends and family at this horrendous time.
RIP sweetheart x
Come on guys, slow it down. Every day on my journeys to and from from work I see motorcyclists slicing through traffic, taking risks and belligerently ignoring speed limits.
The roads are hugely busy at the moment and there’s masses of agricultural machinery on the roads. Is getting to work / home 5 minutes quicker really worth your life?
Totally agree I live in Newport and regularly hear motorbikes going up the dual carriageway flat out in 1st 2nd and 3rd must be doing 110mph +
Within sound of the Police Station, and what do they do about it ? Nothing.
Because they’re either out dealing with peoples sh1t, or busy doing the hours of admin documenting other peoples sh1t.
Roads policing needs dedicated roads policing officers to police the roads because your 999 response officers haven’t got enough hours in the day..
Ryde Esplanade as well, every night we have the same group of learner riders making a nuisance of themselves and riding dangerously, wheelies, going round roundabout the wrong way and despite the police being aware of this they do absolutely nothing.
Yes I totally agree with you, plus they turn right up George St, by taxi stand… right by the sign that says NO RIGHT TURN…. have they informed their insurance companies about the modified exhaust ? IF NOT probably NOT insured !! I even witness an NCC wanna be member doing the exact same thing !! Good advertising for a motorcycle club !
Very true as regular a summer pest as fruit-flys.A new generation hatch to cause irritation when windows need to be opened.I suspect the increasing costs of running chav chariots these days are forcing these cretins onto 2 wheels with the requisite tamperings with exhausts being adapted to suggest velocity on their chicken chaser jalopies’.A pox on them all.
Was you there was it speed usual stupid comment not knowing the facts
I don’t think he was implying that at all just telling bikers to take care 110mph + up the duel carriageway isn’t sensible all it takes is someone to change lanes and that’s it.
Every time this happens, the first thing I want to know is “Was it an IoW resident or was it a Mainlander?” There doesn’t seem to be any Press distinction between the two. The chances of it being a Mainlander are very high, because these roads and junctions are lethal compared with most Mainland ones!
If it’s a local rider, it’s an equal tragedy – again likely through lack of knowledge!
[In my early riding days I paid for a few errors of judgement, managed to survive & later understood that drivers of bigger vehicles frequently don’t see or expect a bike to appear “from nowhere”. A few will then drive aggressively in surprised reaction!
You can tell a “biker aware” motorist by the courtesy they extend in letting a bike be on its way. Sadly the exact opposite is also true & far too frequent everywhere!!
All bikers are blamed for the “tomfoolery” of inexperienced hotheads. Think about it! That social attitude is as maniacal as condemning all citizens of a Country to death because one or two have flags of an extinct Totalitarian regime!]
There has to be give & take! Experienced riders have no problem, except for a few strangers on our stranger IoW roads. Are they even warned about the risk of Farm Vehicles suddenly found creeping across.major roads? I doubt it very much!!
There is evidently a lack of concern here about the peculiar hazards we live with. It’s a sorry reflection on IoW that individuals must continue to pay with their lives!!
Novice IoW riders need consideration too, even if they annoy older people. Each one has a right to learn road-craft. Each dead one leaves family grieving their loss!!
Sadly we all expected this with those huge bio mass speedy tractors and said so on here.
Sad outcome for the poor guy and family/ friends.
the police need to go to chillerton with speed cameras bikes cars and tractors ALL speed down that hill into chillerton
Well those grotty council house tenants all park on the road, making it necessary to speed to get past them all before a car coming up the hill hits you.
They if living in charity assisted homes should not have so many cars, I wonder if they have paid road fund duty on them and have tread on all tyres.
I’m sorry but you don’t even know who’s fault it was why assume it was the guy on the bike.
Because they’re bigoted morons.
It’s a 60 limit there….. even if you are doing 30 and a tractor pulls out of that field on the corner ….. unless you can use the other side of the road.. not much you can do….. when I was younger tractor operating signs were always in place if they were on the main road…… it was an older guy on a big bike apparently I doubt if speed was the issue … tragic for all involved..
If the trailer was hit. I’d say the tractor had almost completely pulled out onto the road…..
Rest in peace. Another tragedy.
The island needs a strict blanket 40.
No it doesn’t!
Dream on. Do you think people will take any notice? If you do, you really need to get out more.
Is that all you can say . thoughts go to the family at this sad time RIP
Speed may not have been a factor in this tragic incident.
I agree, however, the island idiots won’t have any of it….they would rather have 40 gallons of blood rather than a 40 speed limit…
You genuinely need help!
Don’t bite, Stuart. This idiot pposts cretinous comments every day trying to wind us all up. Just another troll desperate for attention !
Would that make any difference ?
Because everyone obeys speed limits, don’t they?
To short-circuit the “but Jersey” response:-
The 40mph limit works on Jersey because:
They are self governing and make their own laws.
Jersey is much smaller than the Isle of Wight.
There are few roads where 40mph is a option irrespective of the speed limit.
A “blanket” 40mph limit on the Isle of Wight would need to adhere to UK road regulation which require repeater signs every 500m. That’s a repeater sign every 500m on every road that isn’t in a built up area. Without the repeaters the limit is not enforceable. Not exactly practical, is it?
Additionally anyone who would want to take a test in future with blanket 40 limit in place would then be compulsorily required to have lessons on motorways and test off the island as wouldn’t meet the standards here. No thank you to the blanket. People shouldn’t jump to conclusions not every accident involves high speed.
Rest in peace fellow motorcyclist. Thoughts with the family at this time.
On holiday in Jersey I hired an automatic car. It only got into top once, for about 100 yards!
You say that but who would stick to it no one
Don’t complain when pollution goes up and your car needs a new gear box because it never gets out of third gear then.
If you don’t do 40 in 3rd because of a little thing like that you either have a shit car with a shit engine, or are poor
I’m poor and I have a shit car, but at least its paid for. What’s your point?
Have you actually tried going anywhere at 40? No you haven’t, because quite frankly you cant, the roads are too full.
My daily commute to and from newport is spent at best doing 35, we might be lucky and just touch 38 in a 60!
The problem is frustration, caused by slow progress, and a lack of attention being paid/driver skills or lack of them.
The problem is it’s so damn slow people are drifting off into fairy land while driving.
The place to go to do 60+ mph is through the 20mph zone in Newchurch, it is a real race track. It really is shocking ,I am surprised that there has been no fatalities along Winford road/High street.
People need to learn how to drive and to respect the roads and other users, plus the neighbourhoods !! National speed limit is not 70 plus on single lane roads !! It is not how much noise you can make either, it is how safe one can ride and drive.
thoughts…………..
When are farmers going to be held accountable? Do they not realise its courtesy to pull over and let people past? I don’t for one second believe a local at that age would be going stupid speeds. I know farmers do a great job and it is hard but they couldn’t care less about other road users. They pull out of stupid little fields straddling lanes then continue to hold every one up passing all the lay-bys. Selfish!
Yep, you have a valid point, which is sure to fire up the island haters.
We must all remember a fella has lost his life, and be respectful of that, ultimately we weren’t there, and dont know the reasons why.
This! My stepdad is the other person killed on this road recently. He wasn’t a dangerous driver either. reading comments like the above is really hurtful for a family who have just had their entire world torn apart.
Sorry to you and your family. Its such a sad loss, so many disrespectful comments here make me sick
A tractor and trailer like that would probably be doing 30mph and would probably be on the road for 4 or 5 miles (from field to farm) at the most. Even if you could drive at the national speed limit you’d save about 1 minute per mile, so 5 mins max.
Crank up the air-con, crank up the radio, and enjoy the fact that you have 5 mins extra of cool comfort before getting out into the heat.
Note: 60mph is 1 minute per mile. 30mph is 2 minutes per mile, so being stuck behind a tractor takes an absolute maximum of 1 minute per mile longer and, in reality, much less.
Not worth dying for.
I agree…. they should pull over and let traffic pass, the older farmers always did…. the younger generation don’t give a carrot….
It’s 20 years ago tomorrow that Pat Death met a similar fate. A dangerous time for motorcyclists with so much harvesting going on.
Yes a sad day that was for all.
I can’t believe they allow the farmers to keep the hedges on blind corners like that. They should be cut down for visibility so at least the tractor driver can see what’s coming.
And the fact that the sun is out and I’m afraid to say a lot of motorcyclists just love to show off, pulling wheelies in towns, roaring along the Military Road, overtaking on bends, refusing to stop at zebra crossings, ignoring amber lights, seen it all. Don’t blame the farmers or other road users, keep to the limits and there is less chance of a fatal accident.
Et tu Caesar?
I was only thinking the same
I used to live in Chillerton, I remember it well
Regardless who’s at fault, somebody had lost their life. It is so sad to read/hear about another fatality on our roads. Road users need to take their time, look and think. One mistake can lead to so much sadness.
My thoughts are with all of those involved. X
its sickens me reading what some people say none of you know what happened but feel the need to speculate and blame. the guy was a son a father a brother and you disgusting key board warriors automatically assume he caused his own demise by being reckless? it isnt published what actually happened so wait for the truth to come out. Rip mate
Nicely said
Think bike! Bikers don’t but apparently everyone else should.
Do you need a hug?
There’s a better word!
Reading all the comments on this posts, it is clear we need a dedicated Road Policing Unit on this island which consists of more than 2 specialist officers!
Thoughts are with the family and friends. So tragic that another life has been lost.
That is the easy EXPENSIVE way out. The obvious way is to inform everyone of what to expect in a tiny rural community with a road system of tiny hazardous lanes & junctions, where large slower road-blocking vehicles, such as crop carriers & certain double-deckers abruptly reduce your amount of available road space. (If it continues, we’re all doomed!)
Sympathy to the family and not a time to assume who was at fault. Let’s just all remember how quickly things can go wrong on the road and all drive appropriately
Unfortunately no one knows who is fault, some of these tractor drivers aren’t very savvy, I myself was driving through Ashey a couple of weeks ago and one came round the bend in the middle of the road, I had to slam my breaks and thankfully his trailer missed my car, by only about an inch though.
R.I.P to this man and sincere condolences to all who knew him
Everyone loves a DFL’s opinion
warning signs would be a good idea near field entrances and cutting vegetation near gate ways
What you really need is more motorbikes on the roads. That way, you won’t have these dumb-dumbs using a car, with only 1 person in it. And crying about not affording fuel. If 25% of world’s population opted to use a motorbike. It would eliminate congestion worldwide. Fact. Also, far less damaging CO2 emissions. You can ride a 50cc on a full car license. No L-Plates required. And can take passenger. Cost’s most people £60 a year to insure, £6 a week to commute to work and everywhere else and costs about £20 a year tax… So all these people whining about traffic, cost of living etc. Do yourself a favour. Do the math. Get a bike, get a life.
Condolences to his friends and family. Big love to all of you. May he rest in peace. He lived, doing what he loved. That is the true way of life. I’ve ridden motorbikes as my main vehicle near enough every day of the year, for the last 14 years. You must be aware of everything on a motorcycle. Mindfulness is paramount. Awareness of every atom of the world around you is key to surviving. August is possibly the riskiest time of year to ride a bike on island roads. Its Harvest. Therefore expect agricultural vehicles on every mile of the road. Always think a 1 mile ahead.
This description is actually the worst, I saw what happened, i never want to see that in my life EVER again, and everyone saying it was the farmers fault, shame on you! Bless him he was in the worst shock ever! Shaking and everything, and the motorcyclist, he was in bad shape BEFORE anyone got there. -Thank you