A motorbike crash in Royal Wootton Bassett left the rider injured in heavy rain for three hours.
Emergency services were called to Brinkworth Road following reports of a road traffic collision at around 6.15pm on Wednesday evening (16 October).
The incident, which happened at the junction for Gerard Buxton Sports Ground, involved a car and a motorcycle that was displaying L-plates.
The rider, believed to be a young man, sustained a broken wrist, cuts and scrapes, and was taken to hospital by ambulance sometime after 9pm.
It’s understood the road closure was in place for several hours due to a lack of ambulance availability – leaving the casualty injured on the ground.
Members of the public provided first aid and assisted in keeping the man as dry as possible.
In a statement, a Wiltshire Police spokesman said: “We responded to a road traffic collision involving a car and a motorcycle on Brinkworth Road, Royal Wootton Bassett, shortly before 6.15pm yesterday (16/10).
“The motorcyclist sustained injuries and received appropriate care on the scene.”
A spokesperson for South Western Ambulance Service added: “We were called at 18:05hrs on Wednesday 16 October to a road traffic collision near Royal Wooton Bassett, Swindon.
“We sent one double-crewed land ambulance to the scene and conveyed one patient by land ambulance to Great Western Hospital.”
