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Romford crash cyclejack YouTube stillVideo: Ninja skills cyclist lands on feet in miracle escape after being hit by car that cuts across him
A cyclist who decided to swap the train for his bike for his commute into London to get fit escaped with nothing more than bruises after a spectacular crash caused by a motorist turning across him, with the episode filmed by his helmet camera.
The incident happened on London Road in Romford, on only the second occasion the rider, who posted the video to YouTube under the user name Cyclejack, decided to ride to work.
The impact sent both the rider and his bike flying – if you’re at work, you may wish to turn the volume down before watching the video with the rider swearing as he realises he can’t avoid hitting the car.
In the video’s description on YouTube, he says: “I was travelling around 22mph through Romford. Drizzly conditions so I was being cautious around bends and roundabouts. I didn't expect this!
“I just about got my hands to the brakes (it can just be seen on the frame before impact) but I had no chance of stopping.
“I'm not quite sure how I wasn't seen. I'm over 6ft and was wearing a bright blue jacket. If I was seen then it's a very bad judgement in my speed.
“After a very uncomfortable trip to the hospital in a neck brace and spinal board and various x-rays I escaped with just bruising. So I consider myself lucky.
“At the time the driver was apologetic and was informed by the police that I was recording my ride and seemed to admit fault. But when it came to my insurance claim against her she disputed it. Safe to say the video has saved me a lot of hassle and 3 weeks later the cheque has already arrived from the insurance company.
“My 4 week old Giant bike was written off but thanks to the guys at Cycle Store they put me one of the two they had left aside and I'm looking forward to getting back out there.”
He adds: “I will say the condition of the cycle lanes are a disgrace along that road, along with many I come across. With the usual obstacles of parked cars, drivers edging out of junctions, pot holes, glass, drains – why would you cycle in a cycle lane?”
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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Wow, lucky to get away with no serious injuries from that! It's amazing really that the driver tried to contest being at fault, given she knew it was on video. It was a very poor piece of driving.
Agreed - Roadcc, you're sending out totally the wrong message by focussing on these stories. We ride bikes because we enjoy it and seeing repeated stories about collisions suggests cycling is dangerous rather than enjoyable. c 120 cyclist died in the UK last year, and 50,000 died of heart disease so sitting at home on the sofa is actually far more dangerous.
If it helps, I'm starting to avoid using roadcc because of the focus on the negativity. You may want to let your advertisers know that!
There's plenty of campaigning groups fighting hard for our rights and our protection so if you show fewer of the negative stories I'm sure we won't lose out
"you may wish to turn the volume down". lol, understatement! Pretty hushed in the parish office today, most of the nuns are in, quietly working away. Might just see what this video is all about, I thought..
Absolutely nailed the landing though, must have done some gymnastics at some stage.
Dear road.cc
Please post a youtube video of someone have a really nice, peaceful, relaxing ride in some beautiful countryside.
Ideally, it should contain friends and cake.
Best wishes,
Your readers.
Here you go, my most recent... http://youtu.be/9qmJc1tLCUs
Seconded! (and don't forget a light tail-wind, too).
http://lvis.org.uk/lvis-audax-2014-part-2/
The Wen to Wen promises bucolic rewards, betwixt the Wens.
How about this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPO_tUfAgzY
The four of us were doing a recce ride for a later group ride. A cracking few days in France with every car we saw automatically giving way to us even when we were being idiots.
+lots!
Seriously, I'm going to have to stop looking at Road CC news as I am starting to get anxious about riding my bike. I get near misses on virtually every ride I do, but incidents like this scare me witless
Same here, at least on any decent ride on proper roads. Around town is usually OK, typical numties but usually not too hairy.
A very lucky escape. Also, in the 20 seconds of video before the "accident" I counted 5 vehicles either parked in or encroaching into the cycle lane!
A few encroaching, but none parked. Those are parking bays, you can thank the genius council for another great piece of legacy cycling infrastructure.
Lucky to escape without breaking anything there. I love how in the moment of realisation that there's nothing that can be done, he comes out with some classic Anglo Saxon language.
Hope he got back on the bike soon
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