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Woman left with ‘potentially life-changing injuries’ after hit-and-run with cyclist closes East Street in Bedminster

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  • January 16, 2019 at 1:16 pm #934301
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    brakesmadly

    Quote:

    The police said the woman pedestrian involved in the collision with the man on a bike…

    I look forward to the police referring to equivalent incidents as “The police said the cyclist involved in the collision with the man in a car…”

    #notholdingmybreath

    January 16, 2019 at 11:47 am #934299
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    Legs_Eleven_Worcester
    HawkinsPeter wrote:
    ChrisB200SX wrote:
    Legs_Eleven_Worcester wrote:
    It’s often difficult to know on which side to come down.  If you run into someone on a bike (or in a car), the ‘decent thing’ is of course to stop and see if that person is OK.  

    But Alliston changed all of that.  

    ^ This.
    I’ve been arrested for no good reason, lost a day’s pay and a night’s sleep etc., no fun at all.
    It’s risky to hang around if you’re a cyclist even when you’ve done absolutely nothing wrong.

    However, if you later get caught then it’s going to make you look guilty.

    The fact that you’re on a bicycle means you’re already ‘guilty’ in the eyes of the person who runs Britain – namely, the editor of the Daily Mail. 

    January 16, 2019 at 11:19 am #934297
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    brooksby

    Legs11 is right in that

    Legs11 is right in that Alliston/Briggs changed a lot:  I think the problem is the perception of road collisions.  If a pedestrian (or anyone else) comes into collision with a car its treated as just one of those things, some sort of natural event like the weather.  If a pedestrian (or anyone else) comes into collision with a bicycle then the media’s head explodes or something.

    January 16, 2019 at 11:14 am #934295
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    hawkinspeter
    ChrisB200SX wrote:
    Legs_Eleven_Worcester wrote:
    It’s often difficult to know on which side to come down.  If you run into someone on a bike (or in a car), the ‘decent thing’ is of course to stop and see if that person is OK.  

    But Alliston changed all of that.  

    ^ This.
    I’ve been arrested for no good reason, lost a day’s pay and a night’s sleep etc., no fun at all.
    It’s risky to hang around if you’re a cyclist even when you’ve done absolutely nothing wrong.

    However, if you later get caught then it’s going to make you look guilty.

    January 16, 2019 at 10:18 am #934293
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    ChrisB200SX
    Legs_Eleven_Worcester wrote:
    It’s often difficult to know on which side to come down.  If you run into someone on a bike (or in a car), the ‘decent thing’ is of course to stop and see if that person is OK.  

    But Alliston changed all of that.  

    ^ This.
    I’ve been arrested for no good reason, lost a day’s pay and a night’s sleep etc., no fun at all.
    It’s risky to hang around if you’re a cyclist even when you’ve done absolutely nothing wrong.

    January 16, 2019 at 10:01 am #934291
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    Legs_Eleven_Worcester

    It’s often difficult to know

    It’s often difficult to know on which side to come down.  If you run into someone on a bike (or in a car), the ‘decent thing’ is of course to stop and see if that person is OK.  

    But Alliston changed all of that.  

    January 16, 2019 at 8:32 am #934289
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    brooksby
    HawkinsPeter wrote:
    brooksby wrote:
    HawkinsPeter wrote:
    MonkeyPuzzle wrote:
    Was this in the traffic-restricted part of East St?

    Looks like it to me. Possibly around a newsagent according to where the police were active.

    BBC have a picture, but it’s not necessarily where the incident happened: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-46879177

    There must have been eye-witnesses at that time of morning, so lets hope they find the cyclist (and what actually happened).

    i don’t know Bedminster at all, but the Post talked about bus delays due to the road closure: is East Street like the Horsefair in Broadmead (ie buses taxis deliveries and “access”)?

     I also note that the BBC says that the pedestrian was crossing the road when the bicycle came into contact with her. So lots of questions about that, surely? Not defending the cyclist (or pob, whatever you want to call them) but how far in front of him did she step out? Was this like the hit and run thing last year where the pedestrian turned out to have walked into the bicycle?  Be interesting to see how this one turns out.

    Has anyone seen updates on how the pedestrian is doing?

    Yeah, it’s one way (except for bikes) and for buses or loading vehicles only. The road slopes downhill from the west (which is the one way direction) so it’s quite feasible for a cyclist to build up a lot of speed and then not have time to react to a pedestrian crossing the road from behind a parked vehicle.

    I can’t see anything more about the pedestrian other than she was in her 70s and is presumably still in hospital.

    OK, thanks.

    January 16, 2019 at 7:56 am #934287
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    hawkinspeter
    brooksby wrote:
    HawkinsPeter wrote:
    MonkeyPuzzle wrote:
    Was this in the traffic-restricted part of East St?

    Looks like it to me. Possibly around a newsagent according to where the police were active.

    BBC have a picture, but it’s not necessarily where the incident happened: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-46879177

    There must have been eye-witnesses at that time of morning, so lets hope they find the cyclist (and what actually happened).

    i don’t know Bedminster at all, but the Post talked about bus delays due to the road closure: is East Street like the Horsefair in Broadmead (ie buses taxis deliveries and “access”)?

     I also note that the BBC says that the pedestrian was crossing the road when the bicycle came into contact with her. So lots of questions about that, surely? Not defending the cyclist (or pob, whatever you want to call them) but how far in front of him did she step out? Was this like the hit and run thing last year where the pedestrian turned out to have walked into the bicycle?  Be interesting to see how this one turns out.

    Has anyone seen updates on how the pedestrian is doing?

    Yeah, it’s one way (except for bikes) and for buses or loading vehicles only. The road slopes downhill from the west (which is the one way direction) so it’s quite feasible for a cyclist to build up a lot of speed and then not have time to react to a pedestrian crossing the road from behind a parked vehicle.

    I can’t see anything more about the pedestrian other than she was in her 70s and is presumably still in hospital.

    January 16, 2019 at 7:17 am #934285
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    brooksby
    HawkinsPeter wrote:
    MonkeyPuzzle wrote:
    Was this in the traffic-restricted part of East St?

    Looks like it to me. Possibly around a newsagent according to where the police were active.

    BBC have a picture, but it’s not necessarily where the incident happened: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-46879177

    There must have been eye-witnesses at that time of morning, so lets hope they find the cyclist (and what actually happened).

    i don’t know Bedminster at all, but the Post talked about bus delays due to the road closure: is East Street like the Horsefair in Broadmead (ie buses taxis deliveries and “access”)?

     I also note that the BBC says that the pedestrian was crossing the road when the bicycle came into contact with her. So lots of questions about that, surely? Not defending the cyclist (or pob, whatever you want to call them) but how far in front of him did she step out? Was this like the hit and run thing last year where the pedestrian turned out to have walked into the bicycle?  Be interesting to see how this one turns out.

    Has anyone seen updates on how the pedestrian is doing?

    January 15, 2019 at 5:18 pm #934283
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    hawkinspeter

    They’ve got him

    They’ve got him

    Police have confirmed they have arrested a man in connection with this incident.

    They said a 26-year-old man was detained by British Transport Police in Fraser Street at around 3.50pm today.

    “He remains in custody at the time of writing,” a police statement said.

    Fraser Street is a residential road which includes the entrance to Bedminster train station, in the Windmill Hill area of BS3, which could explain why British Transport Police carried out the arrest.

    The police said the woman pedestrian involved in the collision with the man on a bike is in her 70s, and still receiving treatment to ‘injuries believed to be life-changing’.

    January 15, 2019 at 3:00 pm #934281
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    hawkinspeter
    MonkeyPuzzle wrote:
    Was this in the traffic-restricted part of East St?

    Looks like it to me. Possibly around a newsagent according to where the police were active.

    BBC have a picture, but it’s not necessarily where the incident happened: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-46879177

    There must have been eye-witnesses at that time of morning, so lets hope they find the cyclist (and what actually happened).

    January 15, 2019 at 2:42 pm #934279
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    brooksby

    Unfortunately, I’m bracing

    Unfortunately, I’m bracing myself for the coverage this will get – ‘man bites dog’ and all that 

    You realise that a large number of Bristol Post readers will take this as perfect justification for going after *every* cyclist with pitchforks and torches…?

    I hope the pedestrian recovers, and isn’t too badly injured (yes, I know, “potentially life changing”, but I can hope).

    January 15, 2019 at 2:25 pm #934277
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    Mungecrundle

    Really shitty thing to hurt

    Really shitty thing to hurt someone and make off. Hard to imagine any scenario where you are not aware of the collision and that the person you hit is not in a good way.

    Hope the person involved contacts the authorities and assists the investigations.

    Best wishes to the injured lady and the medical team looking after her.

     

    M

    January 15, 2019 at 2:22 pm #934275
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    MonkeyPuzzle

    Was this in the traffic

    Was this in the traffic-restricted part of East St?

    January 15, 2019 at 1:47 pm #934273
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    hawkinspeter

    Anyone with information which

    Anyone with information which could help the investigation is asked to get in touch through  http://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/contact , or by calling 101, quoting reference 5219100049.

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