2008-09-25 - Rider Down, Holloway Road

Just past Holloway road - police have shut it down north bound between Parkhurts and Tufnell park Road.
Po Po told me a cyclist had been taken down but couldn't say if its fatal.

Lets hope not.

my god what is going on?
lets hope for the best

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Fucking hell man. What the hell is going on?

I think we need a rider down category, vb?

hope whoever is ok!

i heard there was an accident - believed to involve a cyclist - near/on vauxhall bridge around 8:00 this morning as well... :-(

i rode past the aftermath of something on kennington road just past oval, guy was concious sitting up and holding his head though, defo a cyclist tho, ambulance was just arriving

wtf is going on this week!?

what are they doin ? ? ? jumpin the lightes ? ? ?

christ! what is happening this week?

I'm beginning to think it would be better not to post every report of an accident before we are certain what we are talking about; I've known many riders taken away in an ambulance, the road having been closed for a while, with injuries that turned out to be minor and with no other person or vehicle involved. But if you had just cycled past it you wouldn't know that and if we report every incident we see, or have heard a rumour about, we just depress ourselves needlessly. A serious, horrible, incident like a confirmed fatality or another 'accident' involving an HGV is a different matter. I doubt that for non fatal and non serious accidents this week is any different from any other; if I posted every time one of my colleagues, or even myself, hit the deck I'd be doing it almost every day. Not all incidents are significant, some are just bad luck or self inflicted (like me not changeing my tyres recently even though I knew they had no grip left. I fell off; if I'd broken my collar bone or banged my head an ambulance would have come, someone might have seen it, reported it and others would have jumped to misleading conclusions about how safe it is to cycle in London).

I'm beginning to think it would be better not to post every report of an accident before we are certain what we are talking about; I've known many riders taken away in an ambulance, the road having been closed for a while, with injuries that turned out to be minor and with no other person or vehicle involved. But if you had just cycled past it you wouldn't know that and if we report every incident we see, or have heard a rumour about, we just depress ourselves needlessly. A serious, horrible, incident like a confirmed fatality or another 'accident' involving an HGV is a different matter.

+1

i rode past the aftermath of something on kennington road just past oval, guy was concious sitting up and holding his head though, defo a cyclist tho, ambulance was just arriving

wtf is going on this week!?

i think there are more accidents because there are just a lot more cyclists out there, and the forum has grown substantially in the last year or so, so incidents are more likely to be reported. it's also getting darker earlier may also too...

@WW
+1
but i can't do it!