2024-10-21 - Rider down, A5183 Redbourn bypass

Went past this today on my way to work. Didn’t look great, lots of police, well kitted out black touring/commuting bike laid out on the roundabout. Bike shoes on the ground. Rider airlifted to hospital according to this (Which is saying pedestrian, but looked very much like a collision involving a cyclist): https://www.hertsad.co.uk/news/24665692.long-delays-herts-road-closed---live-updates/

The news page says this happened on Redbourn High Street, and at the Redbourn Roundabout—was it at the northern arm of the roundabout (which leads to the High Street)?

Fingers crossed he or she is OK.

Yeah it seems a confused report. All the activity was around the roundabout. Not miles from the high street but not the high street. May be a pedestrian but I saw the Red Kia and a bike close by so drew my conclusions from that.

But was it around the northern arm? I should have said that it is the High Street from the roundabout—even though it's obviously not very highstreety there yet.

Southern arm, nearer Hemel/the MOT centre. I try to avoid both those roundabouts in commuting hours and in general if at all possible. I was very nearly wiped out there a few years ago.

Thanks, that confirms that 'High Street' was false information, as the southern exit is to St Alban's Road.

The roundabout seems totally vanilla, just as it was first built decades ago. I can't see any indication of any tweaks since then. Like all such roundabouts, very bad for cycling.

Updated to cyclist. Heal up, rider. https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/24665878.air-ambulance-called-redbourn-man-hit-car/