Cyclist taken to hospital after Piccadilly junction collision

A CYCLIST was taken to hospital after being involved in a collision with a car at the junction of Piccadilly and Tower Street, in York.

The incident happened yesterday at about 2.30pm outside The Postern Gate pub, and resulted in one lane of the road being blocked to traffic as police and paramedics attended the scene of the accident.

The male cyclist is believed to have suffered leg injuries and was taken to hospital by ambulance.

The incident led to minor traffic tailbacks in the Tower Street area.

Comments(10)

Grumpy Old Man says...
11:11am Tue 24 Aug 10

Where does Tower Street and Piccadilly meet? Did you mean Piccadilly and Fishergate?

Pedro says...
11:40am Tue 24 Aug 10

Grumpy Old Man wrote:
Where does Tower Street and Piccadilly meet? Did you mean Piccadilly and Fishergate?
That is where the photo was taken!

sheps lad says...
11:48am Tue 24 Aug 10

Debatable where Tower Street ends and Fishergate starts?

Woody Mellor says...
11:56am Tue 24 Aug 10

ANYWAY! I hope he makes a speedy recovery.

ballistic says...
1:48pm Tue 24 Aug 10

Is it me....But there seems to be more road accidents lately ! All I ever hear now are sirens when I'm out and about.

Grumpy Old Man says...
1:48pm Tue 24 Aug 10

sheps lad wrote:
Debatable where Tower Street ends and Fishergate starts?
No it isn't. Tower Street ends the other side of the river. Look at a map.

GM85 says...
1:57pm Tue 24 Aug 10

I've had more than one near miss on that junction, involving cars (and a bus) that failed to indicate or give way when I've been riding south from Piccadilly. Sadly, this report doesn't surprise me at all. I wonder what happened here?

Yosser Hughes says...
3:49pm Tue 24 Aug 10

Good luck to the cyclist. Was this on the orbital cycle route Paul? I think I would feel safer in my car.....security word "walk less" ha ha

pedalling paul says...
6:12pm Tue 24 Aug 10

Yosser Hughes wrote:
Good luck to the cyclist. Was this on the orbital cycle route Paul? I think I would feel safer in my car.....security word "walk less" ha ha
The current proposals would use Heslington Rd, Horsman Ave, Melbourne St, cross Fishergate & into Blue Bridge Rd. This avoids the area that you mentioned.

Caecilius says...
6:13pm Tue 24 Aug 10

GM85 wrote:
I've had more than one near miss on that junction, involving cars (and a bus) that failed to indicate or give way when I've been riding south from Piccadilly. Sadly, this report doesn't surprise me at all. I wonder what happened here?
And on that topic, maybe the gentleman who drove out of North Street and turned right up Micklegate at about 1645 this afternoon could take note that, as I was going straight ahead into North Street from Skeldergate, I was the one who had the right of way. Turning your car straight across my path was a pretty stupid thing to do, and risked causing exactly the sort of accident we're reading about.

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