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A driver pulled across into Jeffreys road through queuing traffic this morning around 9am and didn't check to see no-one was coming along the cycle lane. As a result a guy on a roadie had no time to brake on his way down the CS7 towards Stockwell and went straight into the back passenger side door.
A few pedestrians stopped to help while I was on the phone to the ambulance/police, and helped to divert the traffic. The guy was clearly hurt - he didn't move from the road until the ambulance moved him and was taken to hospital with a neck brace on. I really hope he's ok, it looked pretty serious.
The impact was enough to snap the forks from the steerer, he was probably travelling at close to 20mph at the time (at a guess). I was really lucky to be a few metres behind him - far enough to go around the car.
The driver claimed that a car in the queuing traffic flashed him to go, though clearly neither car was aware of whether the cycle lane was clear at the time. Unsurprisingly the car that flashed (and must have seen what happened) didn't stop and I don't think anyone got the registration. The scary thing is that so many drivers think that they can tell another car when to go and when it's safe, you see it all the time.
Thoughts are with the guy, hoping he makes a full and speedy recovery.