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.
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West Lothian Cyclist Death
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Tragic. Fairly wide cross hatching there too to separate opposite directions, which makes it doubly so.
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It's not clear exactly where it happened, but they have said the cyclist was travelling east and driver travelling west. So sad :(
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Makes my blood run cold tbh
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High speed shallow angle right turn into Bangour Hospital?
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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!
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Cyclist heading east would have turned left if going into Bangour.
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Ah, You're right, been a while since I was that way (Midlothian based!)
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This is (as always) an unnecessary tragedy. Assuming the driver is at fault I hope the police and prosecutors do their job well.
Sadly Gwyndaff was a cousin of a close friend of mine. They were riding together just a couple of weeks ago.
It seems that this stretch of the A89 has a history of dangerous driving. http://www.crashmap.co.uk makes quite grim viewing.
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I think Tulyar means it was the motorist heading West that made the high speed turn into Bangour, hitting the cyclist heading East
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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..
Posted 5 years ago # -
"The car involved was a Mercedes C220."
No drivers involved.
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