thomas
the tank engine
- Location
- Woking/Norwich
Completed a 70 mile audax called Tour of the Hills, which goes over too many of Surrey's toughest hills (about 7000 feet of short, sharp climbing). Finished off, and start heading back with some others.
We get just out of Send in Woking where everyone is turning around because of a crash. After getting up to the 90th mile (cycled to the start) we weren't going to be going back around on a detour so carried on up. A chap there who had his car blocking the road said to be careful of the diesel.
Anyway. Started to walk through and there was a green sports bike (Kawasaki I think) on the ground. It was in pieces. No front wheel, no rear wheel from memory - just the middle bit from the radiator down. Total right off.
There was a small "4x4", airbag had been set off and the drivers side front wheel was buckled at a right angle with the area completely crumbled in.
Finally, there was a small 'learner' motorbike which wasn't really in that good a condition, but I didn't really look that hard. It looked like a few bits had been knocked off, the numberplate wasn't on it properly...but to be honest. I thought it was a body when I was walking past so I was glad when I got closer and realised it wasn't.
There were already a couple of police cars, a fast response ambulance, the 'real' ambulance got there as we were walking through, along with a fire engine. We saw another fire engine on its way there when we got further away from it.
Now, there was a young lad (presumably on the small learner bike) who seemed to be mainly in shock, had oxygen and a blanket on along with people tending to him.
I don't know about the person on the green sports bike, I didn't see anyone else who looked like they were involved and to be honest, I would imagine the rider is now dead or close to death.
As for the car driver, other than maybe some whiplash I think I probably saw them walking around further down. Who ever was in the car would be out alive, just shocked.
Now, I do not know what happened exactly. I am glad we all had another cup of tea otherwise we may have been involved in the accident as the timings would have been close.
From what I could put together, I would believe this is what would of happened.
It is on a blind bend, 40mph limit, but you wouldn't want to take it at any more than that. Around the corner there tends to be ques and stopped traffic so you don't want to be racing around. There are a couple of warnings, a "ques likely" and a flashing speed sign.
I would have thought the green sports bike rider took the corner either, too fast or some how lost control of the bike and over shot the corner. The bike then collided with the drivers side of the mini 4x4. That sent the rider flying and bike to the ground. The learner bike behind I would have thought was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The sports bike/rider may have collided with him, or he may have had to swerve to avoid and in turn lost control of his bike and ended up on the floor.
I am not saying that it is right, but from what I saw of the aftermath and how everything was positioned, it seems to be the most logical explanation.
If anyone knows what did happen and how the sports bike rider is I'd be interested in knowing! I will look in the local paper and online (does anyone know any online paper websites covering Woking)?
We get just out of Send in Woking where everyone is turning around because of a crash. After getting up to the 90th mile (cycled to the start) we weren't going to be going back around on a detour so carried on up. A chap there who had his car blocking the road said to be careful of the diesel.
Anyway. Started to walk through and there was a green sports bike (Kawasaki I think) on the ground. It was in pieces. No front wheel, no rear wheel from memory - just the middle bit from the radiator down. Total right off.
There was a small "4x4", airbag had been set off and the drivers side front wheel was buckled at a right angle with the area completely crumbled in.
Finally, there was a small 'learner' motorbike which wasn't really in that good a condition, but I didn't really look that hard. It looked like a few bits had been knocked off, the numberplate wasn't on it properly...but to be honest. I thought it was a body when I was walking past so I was glad when I got closer and realised it wasn't.
There were already a couple of police cars, a fast response ambulance, the 'real' ambulance got there as we were walking through, along with a fire engine. We saw another fire engine on its way there when we got further away from it.
Now, there was a young lad (presumably on the small learner bike) who seemed to be mainly in shock, had oxygen and a blanket on along with people tending to him.
I don't know about the person on the green sports bike, I didn't see anyone else who looked like they were involved and to be honest, I would imagine the rider is now dead or close to death.
As for the car driver, other than maybe some whiplash I think I probably saw them walking around further down. Who ever was in the car would be out alive, just shocked.
Now, I do not know what happened exactly. I am glad we all had another cup of tea otherwise we may have been involved in the accident as the timings would have been close.
From what I could put together, I would believe this is what would of happened.
It is on a blind bend, 40mph limit, but you wouldn't want to take it at any more than that. Around the corner there tends to be ques and stopped traffic so you don't want to be racing around. There are a couple of warnings, a "ques likely" and a flashing speed sign.
I would have thought the green sports bike rider took the corner either, too fast or some how lost control of the bike and over shot the corner. The bike then collided with the drivers side of the mini 4x4. That sent the rider flying and bike to the ground. The learner bike behind I would have thought was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The sports bike/rider may have collided with him, or he may have had to swerve to avoid and in turn lost control of his bike and ended up on the floor.
I am not saying that it is right, but from what I saw of the aftermath and how everything was positioned, it seems to be the most logical explanation.
If anyone knows what did happen and how the sports bike rider is I'd be interested in knowing! I will look in the local paper and online (does anyone know any online paper websites covering Woking)?
