A motorcyclist was taken to the Royal United Hospital in Bath with a suspected broken leg after coming off his bike near Trowbridge on Sunday (June 16).

The Wiltshire Air Ambulance was called out to the incident near Poplar Tree Lane just after 5pm but was not needed.

The motorcyclist was riding a powerful Triumph Thruxton 900c bike and is believed to have come off. No other vehicle was involved.

A spokesperson for Avon & Somerset Police said: “We attended a single-vehicle collision involving a motorbike near Rode yesterday afternoon (Sunday 16 June).

The Wiltshire Air Ambulance and Avon & Somerset Police were called out to the accident scene on the B3109 near Poplar Tree Lane on the Wiltshire and Somerset border. Image: Trevor Porter 77137-2The Wiltshire Air Ambulance and Avon & Somerset Police were called out to the accident scene on the B3109 near Poplar Tree Lane on the Wiltshire and Somerset border. Image: Trevor Porter 77137-2 (Image: Trevor Porter)

“The ambulance service made us aware of the collision at about 5.05pm, which occurred on the B3109, north of Rode Hill.

"The motorcyclist was taken to hospital with a suspected broken leg.”

A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) said: “We were called at 16:54hrs on Sunday 16 June to an incident near Trowbridge.

“We sent a double-crewed land ambulance, an operations officer, an air ambulance and a rapid response vehicle to the scene and we conveyed one patient by land ambulance to Royal United Hospital.”