http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Another cyclist down? en Mon, 18 May 2026 09:45:28 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5636#post-60230 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:53:54 +0000 Min 60230@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It didn't look as if any part of the road was closed and it all seems quiet on the usual news channels so hopefully I have misunderstood the situation. It still looked bad for whoever was on the receiving end on the medics attention so I hope they recovered. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5636#post-60227 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:47:36 +0000 slowcoach 60227@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A bad sign would be if the road was closed for accident investigation for several hours, which is done if there was a fatal or potential fatal accident. Travel news sites didn't mention a road closure here, but the injuries could still be life-changing.</p> <p>CrashMap shows 3 or 4 injury accidents here in 2008, none in 2009, and 1 in 2010, all slight. The Government's Safety Camera Programme won't pay for a camera to deter/detect red-light running motorists unless there has been at least 2 fatal/serious accidents, or 1 fatal/serious and 5 slight, or 10 slight accidents, directly linked to red light running, in a 3 year period. So even if this was the worst for RLJ motorists it shouldn't get a camera according to Scottish Government rules. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5636#post-60224 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:38:02 +0000 Dave 60224@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Somebody who can access the full functionality of the internet could tweet LBP again? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5636#post-60199 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:31:39 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 60199@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That junction is probably one of the worst in the city for RLJing (of motorists <em>and</em> cyclists). It's also one of the 'scooting' hotspots of the city (riders thinking that standing on one pedal and 'scooting' with the hanging foot means they're not 'riding' - never understood why, if you're going to the effort of semi-dismounting you don't just get off and walk - while scooting you probably have less control of the bike!).</p> <p>Anyway, hope all concerned are not too badly hurt. Could, of course, be a pedestrian hit by car or bike, with either or that had stopped being a witness rather than directly involved. Keep an eye on the news channels. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5636#post-60197 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:27:57 +0000 Dave 60197@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hope they're OK, there'll be a media frenzy if a red-light jumping motorist KO'd a cyclist on the back of the last death. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5636#post-60190 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:10:17 +0000 ARobComp 60190@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thats a bad junction for red light runners (I sit there most mornings). Hope whatever happened they're ok. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5636#post-60172 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 10:07:18 +0000 Min 60172@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>At the Meadows this morning at about 8.30, the junction with Summerhall place and Melville Drive.</p> <p>I can't be sure because I couldn't see too well but there was a bike propped up at the side(may just have been a cyclist who stopped to help?) an ambulance and a lot of paramedics who looked very busy. Looked pretty bad whatever it was. </p>