What looks like a very unpleasant situation at the junction at Frasers/Lothian Rd. A bike crushed under a Rabbie's Tours van in the left (heading west) lane. Emergency services just arriving as I passed, traffic at a standstill. Wasn't looking good so hoping that the owner of the bike isn't too badly hurt.
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Cyclist down (Shandwick Place)
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Posted 7 years ago #
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Irene just left voicemail. She sounded quite shocked. Trams off and bus diversions. She walked to work.
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That does not sound good.
I hope the cyclist is OK.Posted 7 years ago # -
Friend who commutes that way saying it was a fatality, but no further information yet. - Twitter suggesting serious injuries.
Posted 7 years ago # -
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Iain (@LattoRRFC)
31/05/2017, 8:56 am
A woman has been knocked down on shandwick place and folk are standing filming her receiving CPR. Seriously?"
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I went past when emergency services were there. Lots of police cars, ambulance, fire engines. Big screens up around the area. :(
Posted 7 years ago # -
I was really shocked by the number of people standing about ogling the scene, it was clearly quite serious.
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BBC is reporting that a cyclist was knocked down by a bus, rather than their usual form of words that would describe it as something like 'in collision with a bus'.
Had a sinking feeling when I passed this earlier. Far too many ambulances to be minor.
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Just passed the aftermath. Looks really bad - police tape, multiple emergency vehicles. A man outside Carphone Warehouse (I had been inside) helpfully came over to tell me, unlocking my bike, that a cyclist was under a Rabbies tour bus.
Posted 7 years ago # -
Just awful :(
Posted 7 years ago # -
that is awful - i use to cycle from Waterloo place to the eh12 area going that way always after 9am mind- just too busy. Rabbies tour buses scared me i use to avoid going anywhere near them.
Posted 7 years ago # -
Terrible news. Hoping that it isn't as bad as feared.
Posted 7 years ago # -
Horrific. Hopefully she's ok, but not looking good. How long have we (well, mostly Spokes) been asking for cycle provision at this awful junction...?
Posted 7 years ago # -
Really bad news as this sounds very serious.
But i cannot be overly shocked that it was a Rabbies tour van that was involved - i have been aggressively passed a few times by them and im sure others have too..
Posted 7 years ago # -
Cyclist, 24, in critical condition, according to Police Scotland.
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Florence Snead @FlorenceSneadEN 1m1 minute ago
MorePolice saying the cyclist came off her bike and was then involved in a collision with a minibus
Statement released by @policescotland says cyclist, 24, in critical condition in hospital after accident at Shandwick Place
Posted 7 years ago # -
Police saying the cyclist came off her bike and was then involved in a collision with a minibus
Presumably tramline caused her to come off, then minibus was following too closely.
Posted 7 years ago # -
In cases like this we try to have 'no speculation'.
(Hard though that is.)
Posted 7 years ago # -
Not good at all.
Just don't read the comments on the EEN facebook page...
Posted 7 years ago # -
However, it is valid to be angry with the fact that this is a known cycling hell hole and that there has been continual lobbying to have proper provision for cycling.
Posted 7 years ago # -
However, it is valid to be angry
I quite agree. We all know that the combination of that place and that firm has always had the potential for tragedy. It is where political cowardice becomes manifest in tarmac, paint and steel.
Posted 7 years ago # -
Yep. Protected infrastructure saves lives.
Posted 7 years ago # -
However, it is valid to be angry with the fact that this is a known cycling hell hole and that there has been continual lobbying to have proper provision for cycling.
+1.
This wasn't an accident. Accidents you can't forsee. This was a business decision.
Posted 7 years ago # -
It now reads cyclist dies when bike hit tram tracks in path of bus
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She has now died :-(
Posted 7 years ago # -
24 years old and killed on a f*king tram track that was a known hazard on a junction that was known to be awful in a city that talks a good game but does f* all. Sorry, I'm angry.
Posted 7 years ago # -
Awful news.
I get notices of accidents on the tram tracks. "Fortunately I was only bruised, but if something had been behind me, it could have been a lot more serious."
This was waiting to happen.
Posted 7 years ago # -
This is absolutely awful - I don't know what else to say at this point. My thoughts are with her family.
Posted 7 years ago # -
known hazard on a junction that was known to be awful
This was waiting to happen
Agree with those two points. I cycle along there regularly and I hate that section, I feel so vulnerable - buses and taxis don't give cyclists enough room when they're passing on the left up onto Lothian Road, and there's not enough space to feel safe as you're hemmed in by the tram lines on the right if you're continuing west. Horrid, cycle-unfriendly infra design (only marginally better than moving westwards at Haymarket IMHO, again, which I try to avoid as I dislike it so much).
Posted 7 years ago # -
Oh no. This is the most terrible news.
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