http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: West Lothian Cyclist Death en Mon, 18 May 2026 00:26:42 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19479#post-302471 Mon, 04 Mar 2019 10:17:07 +0000 dougal 302471@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"The car involved was a Mercedes C220."</p> <p>No drivers involved. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19479#post-302454 Sat, 02 Mar 2019 23:56:42 +0000 edinburgh87 302454@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yep, I realize that now. Makes it even worse. For some reason this incident resonates a lot with me. I'm also a 30 something male who wouldn't think twice about riding a road like the A89. There but for the grace of God etc.. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19479#post-302453 Sat, 02 Mar 2019 22:02:19 +0000 neddie 302453@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think Tulyar means it was the motorist heading West that made the high speed turn into Bangour, hitting the cyclist heading East </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19479#post-302452 Sat, 02 Mar 2019 21:26:45 +0000 acsimpson 302452@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This is (as always) an unnecessary tragedy. Assuming the driver is at fault I hope the police and prosecutors do their job well.</p> <p>Sadly Gwyndaff was a cousin of a close friend of mine. They were riding together just a couple of weeks ago.</p> <p>It seems that this stretch of the A89 has a history of dangerous driving. <a href="http://www.crashmap.co.uk" rel="nofollow">http://www.crashmap.co.uk</a> makes quite grim viewing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19479#post-302451 Sat, 02 Mar 2019 19:44:10 +0000 edinburgh87 302451@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah, You're right, been a while since I was that way (Midlothian based!) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19479#post-302449 Sat, 02 Mar 2019 19:21:26 +0000 CycleCommute.CC 302449@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cyclist heading east would have turned left if going into Bangour. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19479#post-302448 Sat, 02 Mar 2019 18:13:48 +0000 edinburgh87 302448@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Pure speculation but that was what I was thinking. Certainly do the odd shallow right turn myself to get ahead of oncoming traffic but won't be any longer! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19479#post-302430 Sat, 02 Mar 2019 02:59:54 +0000 Tulyar 302430@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>High speed shallow angle right turn into Bangour Hospital? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19479#post-302287 Thu, 28 Feb 2019 15:23:30 +0000 edinburgh87 302287@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Makes my blood run cold tbh </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19479#post-302280 Thu, 28 Feb 2019 14:26:49 +0000 CycleCommute.CC 302280@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's not clear exactly where it happened, but they have said the cyclist was travelling east and driver travelling west. So sad :( </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19479#post-302271 Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:37:50 +0000 edinburgh87 302271@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Tragic. Fairly wide cross hatching there too to separate opposite directions, which makes it doubly so. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19479#post-302269 Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:21:40 +0000 Frenchy 302269@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>[Rule 2]. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19479#post-302267 Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:04:52 +0000 CycleCommute.CC 302267@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's the stuff of nightmares but sadly a cyclist has lost his battle for life after being in a collision yesterday. It happened on a road I regularly cycle. Really feel for the family who have lost a loved one.</p> <p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-47402063">BBC link</a> </p>