Bristol cyclist injured in Land Rover crash
A cyclist from Bristol broke his leg in an accident in the Forest of Dean after a Land Rover driver cut in front of the rider and his friend.
Both men crashed off their bikes but the driver carried on without stopping.
The cyclists were travelling on the A4136 towards Staunton in the Forest of Dean on Sunday at about 4.20pm when the accident happened.
Gloucestershire police said a blue Land Rover towing a silver trailer with a quad bike on it was driven up behind the cyclists with its horn sounding.
The driver then passed the cyclists and cut back in front of them, causing them to collide and fall off their bikes.
The injured 30-year-old was taken by ambulance to Frenchay Hospital. His companion, a 31-year-old man also from Bristol, was not injured.
Police have appealed for any witnesses to contact them.
8 Comments
by Orange5, staunton
Tuesday, November 03 2009, 8:55PM
“Wholetime timewaster...
How do you know there wasnt contact with the Land Rover...it doesn't say that in the report.
Do you own a Land Rover? Where were you at the time of the incident. The Land Rover didn't stop....ummmm...i wonder”
by Martin, Clfiton
Monday, April 06 2009, 5:40PM
“Wholetime timewaster, nice of you to blame the cyclists for being run off the road. Even if they were riding two abreast, this is not illegal, and does not warrant the behaviour of the motorist.
Driving up behind a cyclist sounding your horn like the story implies is assualt, and so is swerving in whilst overtaking. Unfortunately behaviour like this by a minority of motorists is too common, and then you get idiots like "Timewaster" blaming the victims.”
by Rick, Bristol
Monday, April 06 2009, 4:39PM
“"Cyclists have to cycle on the roads now anyway".
Have you been hybernating?
hannah, Bristol
Thats always been the case, but it doesn't stop them using the pavement as a private expressway though, does it?
Where have you been?
Hibernating?”
by OpinionGerbil, BS1
Monday, April 06 2009, 4:23PM
“Hannah, of course I have the brain of a Gerbil
What would you expect?”
by Lesley, Chepstow
Monday, April 06 2009, 4:19PM
“I think that the contents of the trailer give a pretty good indication of the attitude of the driver.”
by hannah, Bristol
Monday, April 06 2009, 4:09PM
“Opinion gerbil-you have the brain of a gerbil!
Even if there were pavements how will that have benefitted them?
Cyclists have to cycle on the roads now anyway.
Have you been hybernating?”
by OpinionGerbil, BS1
Monday, April 06 2009, 3:52PM
“Do they not have pavements in the Forest of Dean?”
by Wholetime Timewaster, Bristol
Monday, April 06 2009, 2:36PM
“I guess some people reading this will automatically plant the blame for this incident on the Land-Rover driver, but we only have one side of this story reported here..
Were the cyclists riding two-abreast and being obstructive, hence causing the driver to sound the horn?
Were they riding too close to each other?
I only ask this as there was no contact with either the Land-Rover or the trailer.
They merely crashed in to each other.
Anyway, I'll sign off with a Get-Well-Soon to the injured cyclist., and hope it hasn't put you off cycling . . ;-)”