2013-08-07 - Rider Down, Bethnal Green Road

Posted on Wed 7th, August 2013

• #1

DZA

Junction of Wilmot Street / Bethnal Green Road, rider hit by car turning right into Wilmot Street.

I waited while ambulance attended, definite injuries to ribs, shoulder and ankle. Possibly more serious to neck.

Driver arrested. Rider conscious, in good spirits, but a lot of pain.
• #2

Wrongcog

Shit! Never understood why folks would swing across traffic with such haste there. The actual road narrows immediately in Wilmot street anyway. Never stopped people doing it though. That whole section of Bethnal Green Rd is dicey due to the market, peds, visibility, impatient drivers rat running away from bottlenecks at the lights....

Hope the rider recovers properly. DZA gets virtual world rep for being a real world person who gives a shit.
• #3

mands

Yikes. I used to live there yonks ago!

Hope the rider recovers properly. DZA gets virtual world rep for being a real world person who gives a shit.

this..
• #4

Wrongcog

I used to live there too. In the block at the other end before the chapel on Three Colts Lane.
• #5

helly

http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/cyclist_injured_in_collision_with_car_in_bethnal_green_1_2323120

Get well soon, rider!
• #6

DZA

Well spotted Helly, although that article is incorrect, it was not a hire bike.

I heard from the rider this morning shortly after he came round, so the injuries must have been substantial if not critical, I hope.
• #7

NotThamesWater

Heal up soon, rider.

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