2015-01-15 Rider down: South Kensington

Witnessed a stupid and avoidable smash in South Kensington today. The car in front of me on Thurloe Place decided he'd had enough of waiting for the taxi in front to turn, accelerated around him to make a right turn into Exhibition Road and straight into a cyclist coming the other way.
Cyclist was lucky he managed to get out of the way at all, but still hit the car and went down hard.
The driver stopped and passers by called for an ambulance and for the Police.
Cyclist was very shocked, cut to the eye and probably a broken wrist, but otherwise very lucky.

I took witness details, waited for the Police and gave a statement, but other people stayed around to help both the cyclist and driver (who was a bit shocked). Ambulance didn't take long to arrive.

I think the cyclist's name was Adrian, riding a Cervelo with Lightweight wheels. If you see this (and I remembered your name right) heal up soon and good luck with the insurance case. Happy to give you more information if you need it. It was not your fault and you could not have done anything more to avoid it.

Lessons learnt on my part: Carry business cards, some paper and a pen that works!