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Police confirm eleventh road fatality of 2026

Bermuda has recorded its eleventh road death of the year as a motorcyclist died in hospital a week after being injured in a crash in Southampton.

Police and emergency services found the man lying in the road at about 7pm on July 25 after a single-vehicle crash near the junction of Church Road and South Road.

He received medical attention before being taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital but died on Saturday.

Police appealed for witnesses to the crash.

The latest road fatality means that the number recorded so far this year matches the total for the whole of 2025.

The death came days after that of Michael DeSilva, 45, who was involved in a motorcycle crash in the West End on the evening of July 26.

2026 Road Deaths

Adam Tavares, 51, was involved in a crash on January 22 at the junction of Loyal Hill and North Shore Road in Devonshire

Jahzavier Wilson, 19, collided with a water truck on Verdmont Road near the junction with St Mark’s Road in Smith’s on February 2

Siena Frankson, 16, a pillion passenger, was thrown from a motorcycle after the rider lost control on Kindley Field Road, St George’s, near Stonecrusher Corner on February 14

Wilton Woolridge Jr, 52, was involved in a crash at the roundabout near the junction of North Shore Road, Palmetto Road and Barkers Hill on January 31. He succumbed to his injuries on February 18

An unnamed rider was involved in a collision with a taxi on April 25 on Somerset Road near its junction with West Side Road in Sandys

Leroy Smith, 43, was involved in a crash on April 30

An unnamed motorcyclist, 73, collided with a bus on Palmetto Road on May 18

Laquan Thomas, 30, after a collision between a livery cycle and motorcycle along Malabar Road, on May 19

Dylan Taylor, 23, after colliding with a rental car along South Road, Smith’s, on June 1

Michael DeSilva, 45, after colliding with a private car on Middle Road, Sandys, on July 26

An unnamed motorcyclist was involved in a crash near the junction of Church Road and South Road in Southampton on July 25. He succumbed to his injuries a week later on August 1

Anyone who may have witnessed the crash or has information relating to it was urged to call Constable Jason Ming of the roads policing unit on 247-1309 or 717-0862, or to e-mail jming@bps.bm

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Published August 05, 2026 at 6:00 pm (Updated August 05, 2026 at 6:43 pm)

Police confirm eleventh road fatality of 2026

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