Howard
Senior Member
First actual collision with a car in seven years of london cycling. Have reported it to RoadSafe London - here's the description. Incident occured around 22:10 on Friday 28th May.
"Travelling East to West parallel to Oxford Street. Was stationary in the ASL at the junction on the A5204 where Portland Square becomes Seymour Street.
I was in the Primary Position. On moving away from the junction I was hit from behind by the driver of vehicle described as they overtook me going through the junction. The vehicle's front left hand side hit my back and the wing mirror hit my elbow.
I was not knocked off my bike - merely "pushed". A less experienced cyclist would probably not have been as fortunate.
The driver did not stop and did not appear to be aware she had hit me. She accelerated away aggressively to drive through an amber light on the Great Cumberland / Seymour Street junction and narrowly avoided colliding with a pedestrian crossing North to South on the East side of the junction."
Interested if anything will come of it.
"Travelling East to West parallel to Oxford Street. Was stationary in the ASL at the junction on the A5204 where Portland Square becomes Seymour Street.
I was in the Primary Position. On moving away from the junction I was hit from behind by the driver of vehicle described as they overtook me going through the junction. The vehicle's front left hand side hit my back and the wing mirror hit my elbow.
I was not knocked off my bike - merely "pushed". A less experienced cyclist would probably not have been as fortunate.
The driver did not stop and did not appear to be aware she had hit me. She accelerated away aggressively to drive through an amber light on the Great Cumberland / Seymour Street junction and narrowly avoided colliding with a pedestrian crossing North to South on the East side of the junction."
Interested if anything will come of it.