2014-03-03 - Rider Down, Brixton Road A23

Rider down on Brixton Road this morning, collision with right turning van.
Rider was conscious but hurting and we left him in situ in recovery position til ambo came. Contacts from his smashed up phone were called.

Driver stopped and waited. Bike smashed up, forks both sheared off at crown.

Police motorbike arrived before ambo.

ouch. there was plenty of plod about in blixton this morning as well, you'd think their presence would encourage people to drive better.

heal up.

Or maybe an increase in plod presence can lead to drivers and cyclists looking out for them, rather than each other? But that's a debate for a different day.

Heal up fast, rider!

Heal up rider...

I saw this too, passed him five minutes after collison.

Think I saw you attending to him, didn't stop because there was enough help (and the police was there too).

Heal up soon, hate it when people turn without looking on such a congested stretch of road.

Hoping for speedy recovery.

Thank you for staying with and helping out. Heal up rider.

^^^ed I didn't see you, probably left by then. I left soon after the police showed up as other people were dealing with his health situation and I had just been blocking people riding/driving into them and waving traffic into a single file gap at the pinch point created. Once the flashing police bike was in place I was surplus to requirements so rolled on