Rider down - Castleford

[DCLane]

No further details but this happened on the popular A639 route between Methley and Castleford this morning: https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/cyclist-hit-van-barnsdale-road-22907574 and https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/leeds-news/live-a639-barnsdale-road-traffic-22906423

Male cyclist hit by a van, serious injuries. GWS.

There's a greenway nearby but it's also heavily used by cyclists; i.e. my son was there last night training on his TT bike.

 

[mjr]

You know the area better: looking at the map, wouldn't you have to ride that bit of the A639 from Methley turn to reach the greenway at Jin-Whin Hill without spending almost a mile doubling back through Methley Junction? The obvious road between Low Common and the greenway seems to be marked private.

 

[DCLane]

@mjr - it's possible to get through even though it's shown as a private road. However, it's quicker simply to go by road as the only route is to go West, then double back.

The collision has happened between the Barnsdale Road/Green Lane junction and the River Calder bridge. It's a straight, wide road at this point with good visibility and no exits/entrances but the 40mph limit is treated with contempt. I'll await any investigation reports but personal experience, and regular police car speed traps, has shown the speed limit to be ignored.

 

[DRM]

Ridden that road a lot, the number of idiots that treat it as a race track is astounding, even one A*%e hole regularly seen dragging a huge trailer with a Range Rover at excessive speed

 

[DCLane]

The cyclist has sadly died with more details here; https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/cyclist-tragically-killed-castleford-crash-22961928

RIP

 

[Badger_Boom]

I used to drive that route a lot when I lived in Pontefract and worked in Leeds. It was always pretty busy and as you say, the speed limit was considered to be optional by many drivers.