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road.cc newsFive cyclists hospitalised after car swerves into them in Cumbria
Five cyclists from Carlisle’s Border City Wheelers Cycling Club were injured on Saturday afternoon when a car swerved into them while they were taking part in a regular club run. All five were taken to hospital to have their injuries treated, and three of them have since been released.
According to BBC News, the incident took place at approximately 1425 on Saturday at Mossband Hall, situated on the Gretna to Rockcliffe road that runs next to the M6 to the north of Carlisle. The cyclists were heading North when they were struck by a Citroën Saxo car heading in the opposite direction.
An update on the Border City Wheelers website stated that as of yesterday evening, Nigel Athroll remained in Carlisle hospital following surgery, while Peter Priestley was being transferred to Sunderland hospital for a second operation. The other three injured cyclists – Chris Dale, Dave Rawle and Paul Gavin – had all been discharged from hospital.
Cumbria Police have confirmed to road.cc that the car was being driven by a 24-year-old male from Annan in Dumfriesshire, and added that they are still investigating the incident and that no arrest or charges have yet been made.
Also on Saturday, a 35-year-old male cyclist died in hospital after being hit by a van near Kelso in the Scottish Borders, according to BBC News. The fatal incident happened at 1945 between Roxburgh and Ormiston and the victim was first taken to Borders General Hospital then Edinburgh Royal Infirmary where he died of his injuries later that evening.
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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- FionaJJ 43 min 53 sec ago
Just yesterday I saw a driver (in 4x4) take a slightly sharper corner at speed, very tight to the kerb. In this place there's a high wall parallel...
- chrisonabike 1 hour 8 min ago
Apologies - you're quite right! Something about presentation and comprehension...
- wtjs 1 hour 29 min ago
You can find out whether they're lying about 'taking action' by asking them what they actually did. When they refuse to tell you, citing various...
- GMBasix 2 hours 16 min ago
But don't forget to correct for altitude.
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- chrisonabike 6 hours 25 min ago
Yes ... but (just due to the large numbers of people affected) this likely would only proceed in the UK at a very ... cautious ... pace....
- EK Spinner 6 hours 43 min ago
Arsehole in the van not with standing, how did they manage to get a risk assessment allowing a race (a group not a TT) group to be competing on ...
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I think reviewer completely missed the point here trying to match bike's name with what it can do. Ribble is namin git's bike weirdly, the...
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Bit of googling gone wrong in the article - the JAT is the Junction Assessment Tool, the Joint Approval Team appears to be a coutner terrorism...
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Investigating how a car swerved accross the road into them? Now, I am generalising but a lot of saxo's driven by 24 year olds are either modded to within an inch of their life and handling characteristics are dramatically changed (I know because, embarassingly, I went through this phase myself...with a 306 though) or the car is travelling at high speed.
This may not be the case here but it is unlikely that the car swerved due to a mechanical failure, a puncture or the like because that would be very easily identifiable from the outset and the council's road safety dept would quite clearly see this in any investigative work.
At the end of the day, a car swerved accross the road. In my experience this is usually due to either excess adrenaline and the will to impress others by intimidating other road users or innattention caused by a phone, radio, dropped cigarette...
This type of accidents need to be stopped!
Take up running...