2021-07-22 Regent's Park (Outer Circle)

Posted on Thu 22nd, July 2021

• #1

deleted

0800(ish) Counter-Clockwise.
Rider into back of parked car.
Ambulance and Police on scene.

Heal up Rider.
• #2

Oliver Schick

I'm sure I've heard of at least half a dozen crashes like this in Regent's Park. Crashing into parked cars is very rare elsewhere in the world. Is this people in pacelines swinging around parked cars too late and/or not giving proper signals?

Whatever, hope the rider isn't too badly injured and back on the bike soon.
• #3

PhilDAS

That's a possibility, there was also a large builders type truck going the other way which had swung out onto the wrong side of the road in order to take a left turn which may have caused a distraction.
No use in guessing though I suppose
Hope he's recovering well now
• #4

grams in reply to @Oliver Schick

If you’re riding in the gutter CCW the curvature means you can only see a very short distance ahead. If you’re riding fast that means not much time.

Doesn’t take much of a lapse in concentration for the worst to happen.

(Also crashing into parked cars is fairly common, by cyclists and drivers alike)
• #5

Oliver Schick in reply to @grams

Thanks for the info. I can imagine people new to RPOC being caught out by that.

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