http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: cyclist down London rd (twitter report) en Tue, 19 May 2026 06:41:25 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20649#post-352860 Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:44:01 +0000 chdot 352860@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ta </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20649#post-352857 Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:37:59 +0000 riffian 352857@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>Sentenced tomorrow? If not, remanded in custody?</blockquote><br /> Tomorrow will just be hearing to set subsequent dates. He wont enter a plea until his lawyer has seen the evidence and provided advice. Before that the PF will need to receive a police report and decide whether to proceed with prosecution. Long way to go yet.... No chance of being remanded in custody (from what we know). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20649#post-352852 Tue, 13 Jul 2021 18:46:20 +0000 chdot 352852@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“crash involving a cyclist and a car”</p> <p>Not car and <em>bicycle</em>?</p> <p>Crash more honest than ‘accident’ given the arrest. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20649#post-352851 Tue, 13 Jul 2021 18:44:16 +0000 chdot 352851@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Of course ‘we’ don’t speculate. </p> <p>Just wonder if he was clocked for speeding along the way. </p> <p>Wots the (likely) sentence for hit and run?</p> <p>Do ‘how far’ and ‘how badly injured’ get taken into account?</p> <p>Sentenced tomorrow? If not, remanded in custody?</p> <p>Presume there were several witnesses. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20649#post-352850 Tue, 13 Jul 2021 18:27:16 +0000 steveo 352850@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>either he was determined to get home or somehow thought driving half the length of the country would allow him to escape the cctv network.</p> <p>Either way the police seem unimpressed! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20649#post-352848 Tue, 13 Jul 2021 17:34:35 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 352848@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Court tomorrow? Good one. The investigative part of the system working well for once. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20649#post-352847 Tue, 13 Jul 2021 17:31:39 +0000 Stickman 352847@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/london-road-crash-edinburgh-cyclist-21044316" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/london-road-crash-edinburgh-cyclist-21044316</a></p> <p><blockquote> A 32-year-old male cyclist was rushed to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh after police say a car ‘failed to stop.’</p> <p>Cops raced to London Road at the junction with Hillside Crescent in Edinburgh, at around 8.20am on Tuesday, 13 July, 2021 after a crash between a car and the cyclist.</p> <p>A 53-year-old male driver was later traced to the Blair Atholl area and was arrested and charged with road traffic offences.</p> <p>He will appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Wednesday, 14 July.</p> <p>A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Officers were called to London Road at the junction with Hillside Crescent in Edinburgh, at around 8.20am on Tuesday, 13 July, 2021, following a crash involving a cyclist and a car.</p> <p>"The 32-year-old male cyclist was taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh for treatment. The driver of the car failed to stop at the time of the crash.</p> <p>"The car was later traced in the Blair Atholl area and the 53-year-old male driver has been arrested and charged with a number of road traffic offences and will appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Wednesday, 14 July.</blockquote> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20649#post-352836 Tue, 13 Jul 2021 12:23:46 +0000 chdot 352836@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Follow up</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/adammcgibbon/status/1414870157382635521" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/adammcgibbon/status/1414870157382635521</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20649#post-352835 Tue, 13 Jul 2021 12:12:37 +0000 SRD 352835@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Simon Francis<br /> @si_francis<br /> ·<br /> 3h<br /> Sad to see (yet another) serious cycling accident this morning in #Edinburgh on London Road with emergency services in attendance. Hope the victim makes a full recovery. </p>