A cyclist has filmed the moment he was thrown over the handlebars of his bike – after colliding with an empty wheelchair that a boy was pushing across the road.
Riding with tri bars and wearing the vest of the University of Birmingham Triathlon Club, the cyclist, George Killick, was unhurt and gave a thumbs-up as he smiled into his camera after his 25mph fall.
He said on YouTube: “A kid ran across the road with a wheelchair – the car drivers told me I did a front somersault over it!”
The incident was filmed on a Garmin Virb action camera, with the footage incorporating data display.
It’s not clear what the youth, who emerged suddenly from behind a car waiting at a side junction, was doing with the wheelchair.
30 thoughts on “Video: Cyclist somersaults after colliding with wheelchair”
6 of one, half a dozen of the
6 of one, half a dozen of the other.
Dozy kid. Triathlete
Take your pick.
Only a few yards from a
Only a few yards from a pedestrian crossing, muppet!
Not advisable to use time trial bars in built up areas
Doing a TT in a built up
Doing a TT in a built up area, not recommended !
At least the wheelchair is
At least the wheelchair is Tax’d, Mot’d and Insured…..
I reckon the little shit did
I reckon the little shit did it on purpose. He saw the cyclist approaching and continued to push the wheel chair out into the road and path of the cyclist. He should be in it with 2 broken legs. There is only a pedestrian crossing 30 feet away. Scum.
Trisexuals doing 50km in
Trisexuals doing 50km in dense urban areas… Not advisable, but it’s still not their fault if they’re following laws.
Jamminatrix wrote:Trisexuals
Indeed. I mean, it’s actually only 38kmh. Or, if you like, 5 mph less than the motorised speed limit……….. 😉
Moron pushed the wheelchair
Moron pushed the wheelchair out from behind a car…
WTF looks like the kids did
WTF looks like the kids did this on purpose
Hands not near the brakes in
Hands not near the brakes in traffic.
I made that mistake only once. (hopefully)
Everyone got lucky in that
Everyone got lucky in that incident. If it had been the BMW following that the kid ran out in front of though…
Well I’d be off down to the
Well I’d be off down to the police station with that, looks entirely deliberate and premeditated, usually called assault.
I wouldn’t say it looked like
I wouldn’t say it looked like the kid did it on purpose! You can tell from his body language and facial expression that he wasn’t expecting the cyclist!
Ah, “Birmingham”.
Ah, “Birmingham”.
I’m confused. I thought when
I’m confused. I thought when cyclists are T boned by people pulling out without looking it’s time to lynch the assailant, not blame the victim. What did I get wrong?
So he ran out onto a road
So he ran out onto a road with an empty wheelchair from behind a stationary car and into a steady stream of traffic from the other direction while he was looking at the cyclist all the time because… he wanted to get to the other side?
Maybe the kid wanted to get
Maybe the kid wanted to get his £250 from Harry Hill…?
Tend to agree that this looks
Tend to agree that this looks deliberate based on the brief moments that we see the kid’s body language before and after. He almost seems to push the wheelchair into the path of the bike. There could be an innocent explanation but the chances of a kid of this age in full ASBO attire pushing around an empty wheelchair for a legitimate reason seem slim to me.
Just an aside: I’ve had a few
Just an aside: I’ve had a few days off and now realise all these road.cc traffic conflict stories are a bit weird and unnecessary.
vbvb wrote:Just an aside:
Ha! Yes, I kinda agree. I try not to look at the video nasties on here as they often just upset me, make me wonder about the general state of mankind and put me off riding. This one hooked me though, think it was the Garmin read out?!
Generally I think they just provide us with a reason to form battle lines rather than work to some kind of mutual tolerance, which generally is an approach I prefer to try to take in life… call me naive 😐
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It looks deliberate to me,
It looks deliberate to me, but it’s impossible to tell for sure. And yes, the cyclist was riding a little carelessly (because he had his hands on the tribars in busy traffic, not because of speed), but that doesn’t justify anything. More importantly though:
(So why am I posting this? :O )
vbvb wrote:Just an aside:
Easy copy: if it bleeds, it leads.
In fairness, the road.cc team won’t have a great deal of resource to do lots of more investigative or in-depth stuff.
The kid brought the
The kid brought the wheelchair so the triathlete wouldn’t have to endure any down time despite being crippled.
The headline should read
The headline should read ‘Sleeveless jersey attracts wheelchair retribution’.
Looks very intentional to me.
Looks very intentional to me. Why run in to the road when there’s a perfectly good purpose built zebra crossing?
He was probably hoping the cyclist would swerve and hit something else.
I don’t think it was
I don’t think it was deliberate, he probably wasn’t expecting a bike to be going 25mph however it does look like he was probably off to load up the wheelchair with lead or copper wiring.
If it wasn’t deliberate the
If it wasn’t deliberate the kid is a fucking idiot and shouldn’t be allowed outside on his own.
He’d have run into the van
He’d have run into the van opposite if he hadn’t hit the bike.
Tank top and tights? Was it
Tank top and tights? Was it hot or cold? So confusing. :O
I’m confused by the comments
I’m confused by the comments about busy traffic, that isn’t busy traffic.
It is in no way the cyclists fault. If the guy stepped out a few yards further up, where the crossing was and the cyclist hit him then yeah totally.
You wouldn’t (one would hope) step out in front of a car doing that speed.