incident on N11

interested

by the sound of the article it might be closer to Bray than Enniskerry but Im guessing its along the pretty fast descent when passing Enniskerry turn on your left - road has been lethal for years but had improved since they stopped traffice crossing from Enniskerry and turning right onto N11 all those years ago

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0106/breaking47.htm

Cyclist seriously hurt in N11 collision
A male cyclist has been seriously injured after being involved in a collision with a truck on the N11 just outside Bray this morning.

The collision happened at around midday.

Gardai at the scene have closed off the road close to the Powerscourt exit and long tailbacks have developed.

WicklowRacer

interested wrote: »

by the sound of the article it might be closer to Bray than Enniskerry but Im guessing its along the pretty fast descent when passing Enniskerry turn on your left - road has been lethal for years but had improved since they stopped traffice crossing from Enniskerry and turning right onto N11 all those years ago

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0106/breaking47.htm

Yes, the on and off ramps just before the Enniskerry turn are very dangerous for cycling and I've had a few scary moments there in the past.

Lets hope the injuries are not too serious.

Highway_To_Hell

I hope he makes a full recovery.

My current weekend spins take me along that section and you have to be careful at all the junctions as a lot of drivers think it is still a motorway and bikes shouldn't be on it. I often get beeped while struggling to get back into the hard shoulder. At the Enniskerry junction heading towards Dublin there is a slight downhill and there always seems to be a tail wind which can get you up to 60+kph and most mototists don't think a bike can go this fast. I think I will have to head back into the hills for my weekend spins and stay off the N11.

Eoin D

N11 has been reopened now.

Must have been a pretty serious crash, I heard a lot of sirens heading up that direction from Bray, and traffic through Bray main street was gridlocked (more so than usual)

BuyingorSelling

Heard he is in a very bad way unfortunately. Serious head injuries. It was a car not a truck that ran straight into him.

The Rollout of Cycle lanes has to be increased with perhaps a simple kerb seperating main traffic to that of cyclists. I was in Munich recently and they have this.

zzzzzzzz

BuyingorSelling wrote: »

Heard he is in a very bad way unfortunately. Serious head injuries. It was a car not a truck that ran straight into him.

The Rollout of Cycle lanes has to be increased with perhaps a simple kerb seperating main traffic to that of cyclists. I was in Munich recently and they have this.

Don't mean to hijack this thread - but that kerb they use in munich - does it not mean that street sweepers can't sweep debris off the cycle lanes?

Stark

In Ireland it would mean that street sweepers couldn't sweep debris into the cycle lanes...

NeilMcEoigheann

Stark wrote: »

In Ireland it would mean that street sweepers couldn't sweep debris into the cycle lanes...

+1 i spent a while today removing all the curb candy from my tyres with a tweezers

Civilian_Target

BuyingorSelling wrote: »

The Rollout of Cycle lanes has to be increased with perhaps a simple kerb seperating main traffic to that of cyclists. I was in Munich recently and they have this.

They have this here in France too - mostly it's great, occassionally it's a grand pain in the ass... but mostly it's great. Runs for about 10km along my route to work.

And they have a little cycle-path-sized roadsweeper that goes up and down the track path at night, I sometimes see him if I leave before half seven.

uberwolf

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0121/breaking65.htm

Raam

major bummer. Ride safe folks.

mmclo

Two deaths in a week!!

Surely something must be done...regardless of the details of the incidetns and I mean a bit more than a ghost bike!!

A Mass up outside the Dail anybody??

kenmc

rip.

DirkVoodoo

That's terrible. RIP.

Bunnyhopper

My sympathies.

It's just depressing.