Raynham Motorcyclist, 69, Fights for Life in Second Route 138 Crash in Days

A 69-year-old motorcyclist is fighting for his life after colliding with a pickup truck Sunday night at the intersection of Broadway and King Philip Street in Raynham, in the second serious motorcycle crash to strike that stretch of Route 138 in less than two weeks. First responders were called to the scene around 8 p.m. and found the rider lying in the roadway with severe injuries before he was airlifted to a hospital for emergency treatment.

According to NBC Boston, the crash involved a motorcycle and a pickup truck, and the truck driver remained on scene and spoke with police afterward. The rider's current condition is unclear, but the outlet reports he sustained life-threatening injuries and was fighting for his life following the collision. Raynham Police are investigating alongside the Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Bristol County District Attorney's Office, a standard pairing for severe crashes on state-maintained roads, as 1420 WBSM notes.

WBSM's reporting adds physical detail to the scene: officers found a heavily damaged 1995 Suzuki VSG motorcycle and a 2025 GMC Sierra pickup with front-end damage at the intersection. No fault has been determined, and no charges have been announced as the investigation continues.

A Second Deadly Crash on the Same Corridor in Under Two Weeks

This is not the first time a motorcyclist has gone down on Route 138 in Raynham this month. Just 12 days earlier, a 31-year-old Taunton motorcyclist was killed after colliding with a pickup truck at Route 138 and Elm Street, a few miles from Sunday's crash site, according to the same WBSM report. Hoodline previously covered that fatal Raynham crash, which also involved a motorcycle and a pickup truck along the same state highway.

The pattern extends further back. In June, a New Bedford motorcyclist was killed in a crash with an SUV at another Raynham intersection, and in July a 54-year-old Taunton woman died when her car ran off the road near King Philip and Gardiner streets, not far from Sunday's crash location. Route 138, known locally as Broadway, has repeatedly been the backdrop for serious and fatal collisions in Raynham this year.

Long-Flagged Corridor Was Already Slated for Safety Work

The stretch of Route 138 running through King Philip Street has been on regulators' radar for years. A Raynham Complete Streets Prioritization Plan, published on ArcGIS StoryMaps in January 2022, identified MassDOT Project 608267, a planned state roadway project targeting Route 138 from King Philip Street to the Interstate 495 ramps and Robinson Street. The same plan cited MassDOT crash data recording 2,536 motor vehicle collisions in Raynham between 2016 and 2020, with high-crash clusters concentrated along Route 138 and Route 44.

Regional planning documentation from the Southeastern Regional Planning & Economic Development District has separately detailed persistent traffic volume, safety, and infrastructure pressures along Broadway from Interstate 495 south to the Taunton municipal boundary. Route 138 functions as Raynham's primary commercial and commuter corridor, and the string of recent crashes has renewed attention on whether the intersection improvements identified years ago can move forward.

Statewide Motorcycle Deaths Are Climbing

Sunday's crash also fits a broader statewide trend. State transportation records published on Mass.gov in March 2025 showed motorcycle operator fatalities in Massachusetts reached 71 in 2024, a 22 percent jump from 58 deaths in 2023. Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III issued a public safety alert this month highlighting a surge in motor vehicle fatalities across the county, citing 24 crash deaths over a recent period, including 18 on local roads and state highways.

Key questions remain open in Sunday's crash, including the rider's updated medical status, the precise sequence of events leading up to the collision, and whether sightlines or signal timing at the intersection played a role. Neither Raynham Police nor the Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit have released findings, and the investigation remains active.