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Cyclist killed on A32 in Hampshire named

Witnesses sought to fatal collision last month
by Simon_MacMichael
Mon, Feb 08, 2016 13:20
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A cyclist who died following a collision in Hampshire last month has been named as William Houghton from Buckinghamshire, reports the Daily Echo.

The 20-year-old died of head injuries in hospital the day after a crash involving a Citroen C3 on the A32 on Hoads Hill at Wickham near Fareham.

The collision took place at 11.18am on Thursday 28 January.

Witnesses have been asked to contact Hampshire Constabulary's Serious Collision Investigation Unit on 101 quoting Operation Feline and the reference number 44160042675.

 

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Simon MacMichael

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.

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j@n | 8 years ago
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RIP. I hate the A32, try to avoid it as much as possible. Busy, quick and cars just don't give a **** along there.

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Angry Egg | 8 years ago
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This road is actually not really heavy traffic but cars fly down it generally. I tend to avoid it and use a different route. RIP

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Dan S | 8 years ago
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We don't yet know what happened, so let's not jump to any conclusions about near passes and not seeing, shall we? It is at least conceivable that this was not the driver's fault.

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cbrndc | 8 years ago
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So sad That's on my long route home from Fareham in all but the worst weather, no indication of north or southbound though.

There is no reason IMHO why a cyclist woud not be seen in either direction given the time of day but close passes are all too common.  In various route finding apps the road is desribed as "hostile"

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Bez replied to cbrndc | 8 years ago
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cbrndc wrote:

So sad That's on my long route home from Fareham in all but the worst weather, no indication of north or southbound though.

It was southbound; the collision occurred at the top of the hill shortly after the lanes merge.

http://beyondthekerb.org.uk/incident/2014/

(Click through to the references; one of them has video of the police gathering evidence at the scene.)

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grayvelo | 8 years ago
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2 so close to home, RIP

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