Police release name of third cyclist killed on Yorkshire's roadsduring lockdown

Imagine if cyclists were doing this to pedestrians with this frequency.
There would be an furious outcry in the Daily Hate Mail and this is just ONE county.
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Adrian Hornby is the third cyclist to die on Yorkshire's roads during the lockdown period, and at least two more have been seriously injured in collisions with vehicles.

Adrian suffered serious head injuries when he was struck by a VW Golf while cycling on Harewood Avenue in East Keswick on May 27.

Both he and the driver were travelling towards Wetherby when they collided at 8.20am. The 57-year-old from Leeds died in hospital on Sunday June 7.

Adrian was married and had twin sons.

His family said in a statement: “Adrian had a formidable mind, and was kind and compassionate. He worked for an American software company across the world and was a keen bridge player, underwater hockey enthusiast and chairman of the Harrogate Model Flying Club.

“He was loved and cherished by his wife and twin sons, and was in his element when with his family. He has been stolen from us far too early and we are heartbroken and cannot imagine life without him; the gap will be unfathomable.�

The driver of the Golf has been spoken to by police.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact West Yorkshire Police on 101 quoting incident number 293.

Adrian's death comes after young father Andrew Jackson, 36, from Wetherby, was killed when he was struck by a Porsche while cycling between Allerton and Boroughbridge on May 10. The driver was arrested.

Rotherham cyclist John Bennett, 48, also spoke out after he was struck by a 4x4 which he believed deliberately rammed him and a fellow member of Barnsley Road Club while they cycled along a quiet lane near Naburn Marina on the outskirts of York. Police are investigating. John now faces three months in a spinal brace.

On May 12, a female cyclist was left seriously injured after being struck by a cattle trailer being towed by a 4x4 as she rode between Horton-in-Ribblesdale and Settle in the Yorkshire Dales. The driver did not stop, nor did another 4x4 towing a similar trailer which was following behind the first vehicle.

A cyclist in his 60s also died on April 22 after he struck a parapet at Dibbles Bridge, a notorious accident black spot in the Yorkshire Dales, while riding between Pateley Bridge and Grassington. No vehicles were thought to have been involved and he has not been identified.

North Yorkshire Police have revealed that the proportion of accidents involving cyclists has risen during the lockdown - despite the roads being the quietest they've been since 1955.

The force recorded a 70 per cent increase in cyclists, many of whom were young families or novices taking to the roads for the first time.

Yet the proportion of accidents involving cyclists rose from 20 per cent to 27 per cent compared to the same period on 2019.

The force has been promoting an education campaign to inform drivers about the importance of leaving a gap of at least 1.5 metres when passing a cyclist.

Officers are also reminding drivers that new cyclists may lack experience in using roads. Novices are recommended to take an adult cycle training course, which many local councils offer, as do Bikeability.

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news...0086#gsc.tab=0

On 12/06/2020 17:11, Simon Mason wrote:

Imagine if cyclists were doing this to pedestrians with this
frequency. There would be an furious outcry in the Daily Hate Mail

But there is a permanent outcry about cyclists. Forget drivers killing
and maiming when what really matters is a cyclist harmlessly breaking a
traffic regulation.

On Friday, June 12, 2020 at 8:53:01 PM UTC+1, TMS320 wrote:
On 12/06/2020 17:11, Simon Mason wrote:

Imagine if cyclists were doing this to pedestrians with this
frequency. There would be an furious outcry in the Daily Hate Mail

But there is a permanent outcry about cyclists. Forget drivers killing
and maiming when what really matters is a cyclist harmlessly breaking a
traffic regulation.

Or a girl's Barbie trike passing nearby a 18 stone tattooed thug on a footpath.

On 12/06/2020 17:11, Simon Mason wrote:
Imagine if cyclists were doing this to pedestrians with this frequency.
There would be an furious outcry in the Daily Hate Mail and this is just ONE county.
QUOTE:
Adrian Hornby is the third cyclist to die on Yorkshire's roads during the lockdown period, and at least two more have been seriously injured in collisions with vehicles.

Adrian suffered serious head injuries when he was struck by a VW Golf while cycling on Harewood Avenue in East Keswick on May 27.

Both he and the driver were travelling towards Wetherby when they collided at 8.20am. The 57-year-old from Leeds died in hospital on Sunday June 7.

Adrian was married and had twin sons.

His family said in a statement: “Adrian had a formidable mind, and was kind and compassionate. He worked for an American software company across the world and was a keen bridge player, underwater hockey enthusiast and chairman of the Harrogate Model Flying Club.

“He was loved and cherished by his wife and twin sons, and was in his element when with his family. He has been stolen from us far too early and we are heartbroken and cannot imagine life without him; the gap will be unfathomable.�

The driver of the Golf has been spoken to by police.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact West Yorkshire Police on 101 quoting incident number 293.

Adrian's death comes after young father Andrew Jackson, 36, from Wetherby, was killed when he was struck by a Porsche while cycling between Allerton and Boroughbridge on May 10. The driver was arrested.

Rotherham cyclist John Bennett, 48, also spoke out after he was struck by a 4x4 which he believed deliberately rammed him and a fellow member of Barnsley Road Club while they cycled along a quiet lane near Naburn Marina on the outskirts of York. Police are investigating. John now faces three months in a spinal brace.

On May 12, a female cyclist was left seriously injured after being struck by a cattle trailer being towed by a 4x4 as she rode between Horton-in-Ribblesdale and Settle in the Yorkshire Dales. The driver did not stop, nor did another 4x4 towing a similar trailer which was following behind the first vehicle.

A cyclist in his 60s also died on April 22 after he struck a parapet at Dibbles Bridge, a notorious accident black spot in the Yorkshire Dales, while riding between Pateley Bridge and Grassington. No vehicles were thought to have been involved and he has not been identified.

North Yorkshire Police have revealed that the proportion of accidents involving cyclists has risen during the lockdown - despite the roads being the quietest they've been since 1955.

The force recorded a 70 per cent increase in cyclists, many of whom were young families or novices taking to the roads for the first time.

Yet the proportion of accidents involving cyclists rose from 20 per cent to 27 per cent compared to the same period on 2019.

The force has been promoting an education campaign to inform drivers about the importance of leaving a gap of at least 1.5 metres when passing a cyclist.

Officers are also reminding drivers that new cyclists may lack experience in using roads. Novices are recommended to take an adult cycle training course, which many local councils offer, as do Bikeability.

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news...0086#gsc.tab=0

Were any aggressive dry stone walls involved?

On Friday, June 12, 2020 at 8:53:01 PM UTC+1, TMS320 wrote:
On 12/06/2020 17:11, Simon Mason wrote:

Imagine if cyclists were doing this to pedestrians with this
frequency. There would be an furious outcry in the Daily Hate Mail

But there is a permanent outcry about cyclists. Forget drivers killing
and maiming when what really matters is a cyclist harmlessly breaking a
traffic regulation.

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A cyclist in his 60s also died on April 22 after he struck a parapet at Dibbles Bridge, a notorious accident black spot in the Yorkshire Dales.
ENDS

SM: Of course, the site of the most road casualties in a single incident when 33 people were killed and 13 injured in 1975 when a coach crashed.

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Jury foreman John Mitchell said the accident was caused by the inability of the driver to negotiate the bend, owing to deficient brakes on the coach, due to possible lack of care in the maintenance of the braking system.
ENDS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dibble...ge_coach_crash

On 13/06/2020 16:08, Simon Mason wrote:

On Friday, June 12, 2020 at 8:53:01 PM UTC+1, TMS320 wrote:
On 12/06/2020 17:11, Simon Mason wrote:

Imagine if cyclists were doing this to pedestrians with this
frequency. There would be an furious outcry in the Daily Hate Mail

But there is a permanent outcry about cyclists. Forget drivers killing
and maiming when what really matters is a cyclist harmlessly breaking a
traffic regulation.

QUOTE:
A cyclist in his 60s also died on April 22 after he struck a parapet at Dibbles Bridge, a notorious accident black spot in the Yorkshire Dales.
ENDS

SM: Of course, the site of the most road casualties in a single incident when 33 people were killed and 13 injured in 1975 when a coach crashed.

QUOTE:
Jury foreman John Mitchell said the accident was caused by the inability of the driver to negotiate the bend, owing to deficient brakes on the coach, due to possible lack of care in the maintenance of the braking system.
ENDS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dibble...ge_coach_crash

Was the driver of the coach in the 1975 incident - by pure coincidence -
also present and involved when the "cyclist in his 60s" cycled into a
parapet at Dibbles Bridge, thereby sustaining fatal injuries?

If not (and he probably wasn't), it sounds as though you are trying to
deflect attention from the nature of that recent accident.

After all, the report says (in respect of it):

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No vehicles were thought to have been involved and he has not been
identified.
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Perhaps they should have inserted the word "other" between the first two
words of that sentence?