[Closed] Hit and run in Surrey

Ouch 🙁

Hope you heal quickly and fully.

Arse. Good luck with finding the pond scum who couldn't face the consequences.

That sounds painful,read the news clip but what actually happened?

Gutted, sorry to hear that.

Heal quickly!

Glad youre reasonably ok, but probably very sore.Lets hope they catch the scummies who probably were not insured to drive.

Rode across the mini roundabout and the guy turned into me. Police are checking local cctv for the car. I suspect it will turn up. Obviosly never noticed my white jersey, bright helmet AND flashing front light. Leaving the scene was disgraceful. Following cars were wonderful.

Not seen the bike yet, but "smashed to pieces" was all I remember. Glad I left the Defy at home to be honest.

Chest drain out tomorrow, wrist cast and I'm out of here!

Hope you get out tomorrow and the police follow this up. Hit and run is disgraceful . If they bother there will be alot of CCTV and traffic cams with NPR data available to them . Just take a few hours for a trawl of local area cams..

Get on the turbo and plug in some miles when you are up to it, but not too soon , oh and sleep lots, speeds recovery aparently

Holy crap! Broken sternum sounds painful.. Hope they gave you some decent drugs.

All the best for a speedy recovery.
Hope they catch the #### who didn't stop.

What is it with hit and run - are they just not man enough to take responsibility for hurting someone?
Heal quickly and glad you're not too badly hurt OP. Really hope they find and jail the driver!

Healing vibes to you.

Keep us posted on the manhunt.

Saw the article earlier. Healing vibes and hope the scum driver is caught.

Bloody hell 😯

That's proper shit that.

I'm glad to hear you are ok though, jeeeeze... I expect they'll be caught soon enough, not like there aren't enough CCTV around there so at least that'll be sorted.

Whilst recovering I'd start planning what bike to get next... Another Propel ?? Canyon Aeroroad ? ?

Propel Advanced SL next. Was going to be my second cat bonus but that looks like it won't be happening this season!

Glad it wasn't the Defy because that bike now can't be replaced. I do like the Canyon, but the club are sponsored by Giant so I should get a good deal.

Still incredulous that the driver sped off! Last thing I remember was "Mercedes ML - my mum's old car! Going to hurt!"

Not that common these days, so I hope they find the <expletive deleted>.

Feeling a bit better this morning after a much better night. Thanks for all your kind words.

Daren

PS I may not be riding for a while, but I can still coach!

ouch.
Hope they catch the swearword.

Propel, good choice.

Heal soon and try and enjoy the time off 😆

Damn, heal well.

I believe the usual form is for the owner of the car to report it stolen but only reliasing it was missing many hours after the accident. 👿

Imo the paper/police are being a bit lame just saying you are 'expected to make a full recovery'. Whilst i am sure that is true and am glad to hear it, I would be reporting the impact on you of several nights in hospital, many fractures and the amount if time off work this cretin has cost your employer (and you if you are self employed or are on any form of bonus or regular overtime. As well as the cost to the taxpayer of the subsequent police investigation.

OP, healing vibes. I too hope they catch the culprit, disgraceful.

What utter shits. Hope they catch them.

TiRed, hope you are doing ok considering and that recovery is speedy. Crap time of year for it to happen too, not that there's ever a good time for that sort of thing 🙁

As above, shocking thing to do. Scum of the earth.

Glad it wasn't worse and healing vibes and I hope they catch the driver too.

Get well soon chap. I know the roundabout well, I used to live about 100 yards away. The roundabout is notorious for accidents, in the time we lived there there were too many to recall.

Might be worth speaking to the petrol station up the road, I know they have pretty good CCTV due to a number of incidents that took place there.

Very nasty. I hope you get better soon and they catch the driver. Just an aside. How come they took you to St George's not St Peters since you were in Chertsey

St George's is a specialist trauma / head injuries unit. Report said air ambulance attended, whether TiRed got a ride in it and if so if he remembers it, is not covered.

I was unconscious for quite a while and the air ambulance doctor decided I might need the specialist trauma unit. As it turned out, I didn't. Think the nationals are six weeks away? Can you race in a cast?

What would G do?

😀

And no ride in the air ambulance. Didn't even hear it arrive, or the first response, ambulance, police or fire engine!

Police said the victim, a man from the Slough area

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Think the nationals are six weeks away? Can you race in a cast?

healing vibes. You can race in a cast if your doctor says it's ok, or if you ignore your doctors advice (and the race official lets you), I recall someone having a cast shaped to fit their bars at one race? Have they put a cast on your sternum, didn;t imagine they do that?!

I raced a duathlon a couple of years ago with a broken arm in a cast 😀 I did fall off over some speed bumps though as it wasn't very easy to hold on....

Hope you heal up well.

Cheers, Rich

Get well soon. We are about the same age and I missed the masters nationals in 2012 when I broke my arm a week before the race.

I work in Chertsey and I have never liked those mini roundabouts. Well I have never liked ANY mini roundabouts!

I hope you mend quickly and they catch the 'beep' who put you in this state.

Reading through the article, it just gives a quick summary. As mentioned above, people need to know the full consequences of their actions.

It's good that you are staying positive and looking towards the future.

Keep checking this hoping for an update they have caught the turd.

Healing vibes.

Yes me too. I know that roundabout as I have a friend who lives in Addelstone, the whole town center is a bit of a rat run.

Godd'im as Richie would say.

Driver arrested and out on police bail pending further enquiries.

I'll be home tomorrow.

😀

Book him, Danno.......

That's great news (on both counts)!

Glad you're heading home soon and hopefully the driver gets more than a slap on the wrists.

Glad you're heading home soon and hopefully the driver gets more than a slap on the wrists.

Leaving the scene, should get a lot more than that!

Assume there's no way he could claim he didn't realised there'd been a collision?

Not with the impact I made. Or the absence of a wing mirror. Hope there is enough of my blood and Propel to nail him.

Severity of injuries means the police will press cps for maximum penalty. But it is early days...

good on both counts. How are you feeling?

great news about the driver

heal fast, OP

glad you appear to be remaining positive and also glad they got the driver. Keep us updated

Severity of injuries means the police will press cps for maximum penalty.

£100 fine rather than £50 then?

Sending healing vibes.

That's great news on both counts. Here's to a swift recovery and harsh punishment.

Isn't it up to 6 months for hit and run?

Again, healing vibes dude! I hope the horrible ****er goes down. At least you're going to get some new shiny, that Propel was a couple of years old now wasn't it 😉 pretty sure you can't get those wheels anymore either so you'll have to be reimbursed with full carbon!

Good news and I hope you are healing well. Get a solicitor and sue him for damages inc personal injury and missing out on the events you'll now miss due to the time off recovering.

I'm ok. Better than I could have been. Chest drain out today, home tomorrow. Everything from the chest down is fine, so it's a question of wrist weight bearing and lung capacity. Top ribs don't seem to hurt as much as bottom ribs.

As for the propel. What a bike, I've loved it, raced it 30 times. It's comfortable, stiff and very fast. The wheels are a good compromise, aero and reasonably light, with alloy breaking. My only problem will be finding another Medium. They are very popular for a reason.

It is a perfect complement to the Defy, which is exactly why I bought it. And the next one must be red!!!

Finally, good news.

On the mend... A week at home taking it easy looking at replacement bikes. Discharged from MaxFac care on Thursday with my good looks still in tact(ish) and a slightly modified bite. Police statement this week, followed by fracture clinic and perhaps a little recovery level effort on the turbo. Located a very nice Propel SL in a German ebay store...

Nationals are four weeks today...

He'll claim you were a 6ft Badger or the sun was in his eyes or he swerved to avoid you..

Keep us updated. If any decent person hit someone they'd stop and be shaking like a shitting dog.

posted to find easier for the future

Nationals are four weeks today...

Rocky theme music?

glad to hear you on the mend.

Healing vibes sent....

Interesting to see the prosecution outcome on this, but get well soon.

Mend up well.
If its any consolation I was very well £££ looked after when I was a victim of hit and run.
I remember thinking, its not the damaged body and bike, but all that hard work 'you' had put in.
Get well and come back strong.

Old pre disc Defy SL?.....nice

Healing vibes. Sue him/her.

[url= https://www.strava.com/activities/310982995 ]Back on the horse[/url] 😀

OK it was on a turbo, but nine minutes of Zone 5 action just to get the blood pumping in a one hour pyramid. Felt great. Of course I can't use my right hand for much, so hello TT bike and hello to the real [url= http://www.catrike.com/ ]darkside[/url] commuter 😈 . Bought the replacement Propel too. Much [url= http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-gb/bikes/model/propel.advanced.sl.2/19200/77266/ ]speedy whiteness[/url] but I don't think Marcel needs to worry too much.

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Woh!! How much was that?! I've alway reet wanted a go on a recumbent/recumbent trike!! Post up some strava rides so we can see how fast it is!!

When's the Propel here? Take it those are clinchers (my phone HATES the Giant site!) lovely looking bike!

And in other news...

This is just back from Surrey Police

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The reason I have it back is because the driver pleaded GUILTY to failing to stop at an accident and failing to report an accident. Sentencing is next week.

As for the damage, well the wheels are still true, the frame looks OK (some of the scratches are for paint sampling). The bars are of course a write off (loved those Ritchey Streem), but they must have saved my wrist further injury. The forks, well not the first pair to see snapped there.

Raced to no acclaim in the Hillingdon vets E1234 tonight on it s shiny white successor.

I always though knives should be blade down?

It must be weird seeing that bike again! Hope the racing went well 🙂

Meh Kryton, not like the OP is unlucky,what's the worst that could happen?

Severity of injuries means the police will press cps for maximum penalty

In my opinion that really shouldn't make any difference. A few scratches or left for dead - if they don't stop they don't know. They've shown themselve unfit to be driving a car - should be automatic loss of licence for hit and run.

I always though knives should be blade down?

Only in the dishwasher 😉

I shall race the Surrey League Team Time Trial on these wheels on Saturday as they are: a) still round, b) aero enough, c) will take a 9 speed cassette, d) are clinchers and I can switch to 25c, e) are less fragile than my vintage Zipp 440s.

Will touch up the Giant logo where forensics took pain samples (to identify on the car) and look for some new Propel forks.

The full story does not cover the driver in glory (in fact there was considerable deceit involved), and I'm pleased with the outcome. And it were the stickers in the windscreen that dunnit 😀 Conclusive CCV proof that it was the car in the absence of clear number plate and driver ID.

[i]"the driver pleaded GUILTY to failing to stop at an accident and failing to report an accident. Sentencing is next week."[/i]

I would have expected also either careless driving, dangerous driving or causing serious injury by careless driving. Was the driver charged with any of those?

bit of gaffer tape on those forks and you'll be good to go 🙂

Clever on the drivers part...
33% discount on fine for an early guilty plea. If the charge is only leaving the scene I'd be amazed if it was more than a couple of hundred pounds and a few points.

Charges were leaving the scene and also failure to report. Community Service will be the sentence, plus points and a fine. That's in lieu of a custodial sentence. The driver will have a criminal record and has (apparently) lost their job.

I should stop being cynical....

That's a bit more than a slap on the wrist.

So no actual driving charge? Due to lack of evidence, or other reasons, do you know?

I sense a new Bez article forming.....

Sounds like a pretty good outcome all told, glad you are back riding

The full story does not cover the driver in glory (in fact there was considerable deceit involved)

Is the story published yet or just what you've been told - would be interested to read some of the official details.

Well, well you have the bike back..

I'd be inclined to make a project out of it.. Try SS'ing it or changing the position radically..

Make it so much more different than the new shiny bike..

Glad it's working out for you now, horrible few months dispersing fast..

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I'd be inclined to make a project out of it.

Is the story published yet or just what you've been told

[i]"The only [/i][b]visible[/b][i] damage to the frame is removal of the top coat behind the head tube."[/i]

FTFY.

Obviously I don't know the exact manner of the collision, but if it was hit with enough force to do that to the bars and the fork…