Cyclist in fatal collision, near Glasgow Airport.

[Brandane]

BBC News report.
Car v. Cyclist on Greenock Road, Inchinnan, at the north side of the airport. Sad news, and on a road which I have ridden on quite a few occasions which brings it home that it can happen to anyone. Be careful out there, and RIP the 51 year old male cyclist involved.

 

[flake99please]

Sad news.... RIP

 

[Mrs M]

Poor man

 

[Pat "5mph"]

I wonder if I know him.
RIP.

 

[Drago]

R.I.P. to a fallen Brother.

 

[ozboz]

More sad news of a fallen comrade ,after a really good week of an excellent cycling full week,
RIP

 

[Athlete_Tucks]

More sad news of a fallen comrade ,after a really good week of an excellent cycling full week,
RIP

Do any of you know who the cyclist was?

Absolutely devastated for any friends and family.

 

[classic33]

51 year old father of three, Kevin Gilchrist.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-45022264

 

[Slick]

This is a route I use commuting. I know it changes nothing, but I'm really keen to hear how this happened. The chat at work is more sympathy for the young girl which shocked me a bit especially as I have my suspicions on how it happened. It's a big wide fairly fast stretch of road that few drivers obey the speed limit but lots of room to pass a cyclist safely, which is fortunate as it's hugely popular with cyclists at the weekend.

Deepest sympathy to the family.

 

[boydj]

I've ridden that stretch of road hundreds of times. The old A8 used to be a 3-lane road - notorious for head-on collisions between cars. It's now a standard single carriageway with a relatively wide lane in each direction. There has been a fairly recent change to the junction with the road going into Inchinnan, which I think makes it a more difficult junction for a cyclist going straight through and I suspect this incident happened at the junction.

 

[Slick]

It's almost a year since this happened, I've had a Google around but can find nothing other than initial reports.

Has anyone got more details of any repercussions from this?