Cyclist in hospital after Colchester road crash

10:00am Tuesday 21st August 2012 in News

A CYCLIST was taken to hospital with chest and hand injuries after colliding with a car.
 

The man, aged in his 30s, was hit by a blue Ford Fiesta van on Harwich Road, Colchester, at about 5.30am today.

Police and an ambulance were called and the cyclist was taken to Colchester General Hospital for treatment.

Comments(12)

Say It As It Is OK? says...
10:24am Tue 21 Aug 12

Only just getting light at 05:30 so the cyclist, if he had any sense, would have been wearing high viz clothing, a helmet and his lights were on at the time. If so there would be no excuses for the van driver.

Unfortunately we see so many cyclists without lights and without following the rules of the road. When cycling extra care is needed, can't be too careful these days! Hope he is not seriously injured.

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Brooks Forbutox says...
10:44am Tue 21 Aug 12

Morning, SIAIIOK.
The van should have been fluorescent yellow, too -- and the driver should have been wearing a neck brace in case he had whiplash (Bike helmets have not been shown to reduce injuries in collisions over 12mph; in fact they can worsen injuries. See http://www.cyclehelm
ets.org/1039.html, but compulsory neck braces may reduce cases of whiplash)

Wonder what speed van was doing? Taxis and other "quiet time" vehicles roar up and down my road because they think no-one else is about.

Sounds like a typical case of SMIDSY -- Sorry Mate I Didn't See You. http://www.stop-smid
sy.org.uk

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Say It As It Is OK? says...
11:00am Tue 21 Aug 12

Brooks Forbutox wrote:
Morning, SIAIIOK.
The van should have been fluorescent yellow, too -- and the driver should have been wearing a neck brace in case he had whiplash (Bike helmets have not been shown to reduce injuries in collisions over 12mph; in fact they can worsen injuries. See http://www.cyclehelm

ets.org/1039.html, but compulsory neck braces may reduce cases of whiplash)

Wonder what speed van was doing? Taxis and other "quiet time" vehicles roar up and down my road because they think no-one else is about.

Sounds like a typical case of SMIDSY -- Sorry Mate I Didn't See You. http://www.stop-smid

sy.org.uk
The point made was about safety for cyclists, of which I am one, but i'm also a motorist and we all know who comes off worse, irrespective of who is at fault.

The wearing of a cycle helmet is a personal choice, as is high vis clothing, and cyclists, i'm sure would be much safer but all too often many cyclists don't have lights! Suppose many think they don't need lights!

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Boris says...
11:13am Tue 21 Aug 12

It's all speculation at the moment so let's hope the van was identified and then the police and the insurers will sort it out. Unfortunately there will then be all the jackals contacting both parties offering to pursue personal injury claims for them.

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Brooks Forbutox says...
11:15am Tue 21 Aug 12

Yes, your point was about the safety of cyclists, but don't you think glow-in-the-dark cars would help, and drivers should help themselves by wearing helmets (50pc of in-car deaths are due to head injuries) and neck braces too? Why put all the emphasis on the victim?

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The Yellow Peril says...
11:40am Tue 21 Aug 12

My bright yellow car was hit by someone swinging out of a queue of traffic recently. Doesn't matter what colour you are if the other person isn't looking (or can't see you). The yellow peril was a write off - I will have to come up with a new name!

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B1gman says...
12:04pm Tue 21 Aug 12

As a car driver who does 1000's of miles a year and avid cyclist both on road and off. i have seen my fair share of incidents. but am withholding comment pending further information , cyclist/motorcylist and vehicle driver all have to share the road EQUALLY regardless of size . it does annoy me when a story is printed with little or no facts. come on gazzette give us the information to make informed comment or dont bother posting these stories

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wardyt says...
1:45pm Tue 21 Aug 12

B1gman wrote:
As a car driver who does 1000's of miles a year and avid cyclist both on road and off. i have seen my fair share of incidents. but am withholding comment pending further information , cyclist/motorcylist and vehicle driver all have to share the road EQUALLY regardless of size . it does annoy me when a story is printed with little or no facts. come on gazzette give us the information to make informed comment or dont bother posting these stories
Couldn't agree more with this comment.

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Sdapeze says...
5:30pm Tue 21 Aug 12

So we get the usual cyclist bashing clique on here. Motorists need to be reminded that they drive our roads by licence. Pedestrians, cyclists and horseriders use the roads by right. Cars are lethal weapons and it is car drivers who regularly kill cyclists and motorcyclists. It is never the other way around. I would support a prison sentence for motorists who kill or maim.

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PROOFREADER says...
9:38pm Tue 21 Aug 12

That makes a change a cyclist riding on a road instead of a pavement!

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Sdapeze says...
10:28pm Tue 21 Aug 12

Ha ha Proofreader. Idiot.

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Frating16 says...
10:32am Thu 23 Aug 12

Cyclists get a 'bashing' as many of them tend to ignore the rules of the road!
It seems red lights certainly do not apply to a bike, and as for lights, they seem an optional extra for many! I do shift work, and the amount of times I have seen bikes whne it's ptich black merrily cycling along! Almost as bad as cars that drive in half light / fog with side lights! maybe THEY can see, but others CAN'T see them !

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