http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Cyclist down - Leith Walk en Tue, 19 May 2026 15:46:23 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17971#post-256169 Fri, 28 Jul 2017 10:27:18 +0000 crowriver 256169@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My dislike of Leith Walk downhill regularly sees me taking the back streets instead of Leith Walk - Dryden Terrace bridge then hopping across Pilrig Street, despite the relative inconvenience. I would be exiting from Balfour Street on such occasions, it's not a very busy street generally.</p> <p>Hope the injured person recovers fully. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17971#post-256168 Fri, 28 Jul 2017 10:21:43 +0000 Stickman 256168@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Article has changed from "delivery van" to "delivery vehicle". </p> <p>Appears that said vehicle was a small Italian-made car, part of a large distinctively-liveried fleet belonging to a local Italian restaurant and delivery chain. Said chain have previously featured heavily in the rubbish driving thread </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17971#post-256162 Fri, 28 Jul 2017 09:50:11 +0000 I were right about that saddle 256162@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I always try to travel at an insignificant speed for safety's sake.</p> <p>Hope the person involved isn't too badly hurt. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17971#post-256160 Fri, 28 Jul 2017 09:46:11 +0000 algo 256160@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I hope the cyclist recovers fully - sound very nasty. Accounts of speed of the cyclist have a nasty victim-blaming tinge to them... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17971#post-256158 Fri, 28 Jul 2017 09:41:10 +0000 dougal 256158@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So - driver pulled out onto death-trap cycle lane without looking and cyclist went over the bonnet/windscreen?</p> <p>This is right outside my flat but I didn't get home until nearly nine PM so saw nothing. It's an appalling junction with non-existent sight lines for pedestrians on the north kerb and plenty of drivers entering to look for unregulated parking. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17971#post-256154 Fri, 28 Jul 2017 09:25:12 +0000 Stickman 256154@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yesterday. </p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/our-region/edinburgh/cyclist-injured-in-leith-walk-crash-1-4516154" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/our-region/edinburgh/cyclist-injured-in-leith-walk-crash-1-4516154</a></p> <p><em>"he collided with a delivery van coming out of Balfour Street ... It was reported by an unnamed passerby, that the man was travelling at a significant speed at the time of the collision.</em></p> <p>Hope he makes a quick recovery. </p>