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Cyclist crashes into back of van (via Georgina Taylor on Facebook).JPGVideo: Ouch! Newcastle cyclist crashes into back of van - face-first
A CCTV camera has captured the moment a cyclist in Newcastle-upon-Tyne faceplanted into the back of a van.
Video of the painful encounter was posted to Facebook yesterday by Georgina Taylor with no comment other than three laughing emojis.
According to the datestamp on the video, the incident happened on the afternoon of last Thursday 10 August.
The driver of the van, which some have suggested bears the city council's livery, appears to slow down slightly, but the cyclist following him does not and is sent face-first into the rear of the vehicle.
Among those commenting on the video was a driver who slowed down after witnessing the crash and who confirmed it happened on Union Hall Road.
A woman getting out of a car parked by the house from which the video was taken retrieved the rider's bike from the road afterwards, while the cyclist got to his feet.
We hope he's okay and that nothing was injured other than his pride.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
Latest Comments
- Morgoth985 28 sec ago
Sadly I wouldn't even think that. Just any old road criminal gets away with it, not just the well connected ones.
- hawkinspeter 8 min 9 sec ago
It's usually fairly obvious, but victim blaming a dead person is a clear giveaway
- ChrisA 1 min 24 sec ago
Ok, I'm happy to rephrase that - Should a normal competent cyclist (or driver) have given the pedestrian near the kerb edge more space is, I think,...
- cyclisto 25 min 56 sec ago
I had done something sort of comparison, when I started carrying my D-Lock on a bike mount and the bike seemed to be obviously slower to change...
- wycombewheeler 49 min 23 sec ago
That's just for disc brakes though. Stops them squeaking
- quiff 56 min 4 sec ago
Is this to do with the country? I would have thought most people walk a bike from its left hand side to avoid the (in my case, mucky) drivetrain.
- bikercr1 1 hour 5 min ago
The ultra-slow-motion, close-up replay of Tadej’s front wheel tire puncture and low-speed crash may be the beginning of the end for hookless wheels...
- cyclisto 1 hour 26 min ago
For small riders, I believe 28 wheels would be faster than 26, otherwise we would see them on pro racers, especially when 26 exist on such cheap...
- hawkinspeter 1 hour 41 min ago
I'd anticipate that the busier junctions aren't that appropriate for cycling through red lights, but I do encounter plenty of less busy junctions...
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If he'd been a middle class workshy druggy (see my comments on Jeremy Hunt) I would have approached him the same way, if his lady friend and circle of friends are as he describes then he's hardly moving in great circles is he?
He has as much right to empathy from the crash as anyone 'normal' person who crashed. My first statement was full of empathy hence my thoughts on him having a tough week.
I'm not prejudice, I begrudge paying for other people's wholly shitty lifestyles in the current climate. If you feel otherwise then that is your right and I wouldn't question your right to your personal attitude as you have mine.
Still laughing.......comedic genius
The only way to take this forward is to wonder whether a helmet/ disc brakes would have made a difference???
Maybe jasecd and alansmurphy could pick sides on that one for us. Does the absence of a helmet signify a deprived upbringing, or can it be interpreted as the expression of a Rousseau free spirit??
Sorry it looked like he was trying to slipstream a van and felt why it isn't a good idea.
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