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Ghost bike in Gray's Inn Road, London, 2005. A ghost bike (also referred to as a ghostcycle or WhiteCycle) is a bicycle roadside memorial, placed where a cyclist has been killed or severely injured, usually by the driver of a motor vehicle. [1] Apart from being a memorial, it is usually intended as a reminder to passing motorists to share the road.
June 7 – United States – Kalamazoo bicycle crash. A pickup truck crashed into a group of cyclists, killing five and injuring four. July 19 – Taiwan – Taoyuan bus fire. A tour bus caught fire, killing all 26 on board. [213] August 2 - United States - A bus crashed into a pole near Livingston, California, killing five and injuring 18. [214]
Bridget Driscoll is the first person to die in a petrol-engined car crash, and the first pedestrian victim of an automobile crash in the United Kingdom. As she crossed the grounds of The Crystal Palace in London, she was struck by an automobile belonging to the Anglo-French Motor Carriage Company that was being used to give demonstration rides. [5]
One thing the accident didn’t change, though, was his desire to ride a bike. “I’m still gonna stay on my bike,” he said. “I’m obsessed with these things.” Cowell, 63, had to undergo ...
The Ada County Coroner’s Office identified a man who recently died while biking near the Military Reserve in Boise’s East End. Robert Maynard, 70, of Boise, died after falling from his bike ...
Traffic is being diverted to U.S. 183 after a fatal accident between a car and a motorcycle Wednesday morning.
Avoiding cycling at or around dusk is a way to reduce the number of serious bike accidents. The majority of fatal car-bike accidents occur between 6pm and 9pm, [50] likely due to the low-light conditions and potential glare of sunset, combined with traffic still being heavier, especially on weekdays.
A head-on collision in Texas killed seven people and seriously injured two children Thursday, officials said. The crash occurred around 4:40 p.m. local time on FM 1433, about eight miles north of ...