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Cyclists in Bilston (West Midlands Police).jpgVideo: Police appeal after driver mounts pavement to hit cyclist in Bilston
West Midlands Police has released CCTV footage of the moments leading up to a collision in which a driver mounted the pavement to hit a cyclist in Bilston before leaving the scene. The victim was left with multiple skull fractures and other serious injuries, from which he continues to recover.
The incident occurred on St Chad’s Road at around 10.50pm on November 9.
In a post on Facebook, the force said that a 20-year-old man was cycling along the footpath with a friend, when the driver of a dark coloured car mounted the pavement and knocked him off his bike.
Police believe that the force of the impact may mean that the car sustained front end damage to the bumper and windscreen, which could have been repaired.
If you have information, call 101 and ask for the Complex Crime Team at Wolverhampton or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
In October we reported that West Midlands Police were attempting to trace a Birmingham motorist after he allegedly chased a cyclist before mounting a kerb and hitting him.
The mother of the 17-year-old victim believes he only survived being run over because he was on boggy grass at the time and not the road.
Alex has written for more cricket publications than the rest of the road.cc team combined. Despite the apparent evidence of this picture, he doesn't especially like cake.
Latest Comments
- the little onion 8 min 25 sec ago
I'll pay attention when people are talking about mandatory high-vis for dark coloured motor vehicles.
- OldRidgeback 14 min 1 sec ago
It doesn't seem to be the most efficient piece of design. But I don't see why the police should bother about it, given that it's highly unlikely to...
- chrisonabike 14 min 25 sec ago
Now now - be fair! I think it also means "...and I might get a nasty shock when I fling open my door and hop out onto the 'pavement' without...
- chrisonabike 38 min 26 sec ago
Have addicts been reduced to baartering for drugs?
- lesterama 39 min 48 sec ago
It was only the Euros, after all - and some epic racing across the categories
- HoarseMann 46 min 34 sec ago
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crr97dl4740o Mother and child escaped unharmed; unclear who was driving.
- mark1a 9 hours 54 min ago
I understand what you're saying, but I think when you get north of £10k, for the average amateur road.cc reader who maybe in the market for a so...
- brooksby 4 hours 42 min ago
They (wheelywheely) haven't been seen for ages- did they get banned?
- ktache 14 hours 23 min ago
For double that you can' get a Pedro's vise whip Ii. Or half, the reportedly excellent decathlon thingy. And Sigma has the Silca for only £150.
- KDee 14 hours 29 min ago
I'm no detective, but the "NOAHFAST" decal vertically stickered on the headtube is a little bit of a clue.
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At least we can use this footage to campaign against mandatory hi-viz.
What a massive amount of assumptions there on here based on very little information.
You assume people don't know more than the article gave.....
Plus this is a “comments” section, not “further investigations/information”. Fridays in particular are for posting rampant speculation and general WAG-ing on company time.
That could be read as "wives and girlfriends-ing" on company time, which is a somewhat different message to the one I think you were trying to send!
Looks probably like some drug dealer on drug dealer action to me. That's him taught about 'respect'.
The Daily Mail will love this. They can run a click-bait piece about how ALL drivers are homicidal-pavement-mounting-pyschos...
Nah - they'll run a piece on how two lycra-louts were riding on the pavement.
I think your sarcasm detector needs re-calibration.
Agree with the earlier comment - looks like a planned assault; the victim’s riding was incidental.
...until a public-spirited motorist, who also happens to be a keen cyclist himself, thought he could not pass up an opportunity do his civic duty by putting an immediate stop to this wanton flouting of pavement cycling laws and make them safe for local grannies out and about on their zimmer frames...
kids being exploited by drug related gangs - then it goes wrong - maybe not but a good chance
Looks like the driver had malicious intent from the way they sped into view, and the poor lads saw him coming and tried to get out of the way.
There's surely some back story to this...
Doesn't matter what they have done you don't mount the pavement to run someone down.
Looks like a targeted attack with previous. They no doubt did something to this person or pissed them off in someway. These are lads on bikes, not "cyclists", still out of order.
Whats the difference between a cyclist (i.e a person riding a bike) and a "cyclist"?
What are you on about? Of course they are cyclists. Anyone on a bike is a cyclist, by definition. What distinction are you making and why?
This site has a lot of "it means what I say it means" going on in relation to the word "cyclist". I've never quite got to the bottom of it myself, either.
they may have been on the pavement when hit, but they were clearly riding on the road itself as the driver approached.