Dame Sarah Storey collides with mother and child during Croydon cycle race

Cycling weekly says a video appeared on Youtube of the incident and was shortly taken down (they have a still from it). Guess pulled as the child is identified.

I cycle in and out of Croydon every day - there is almost total disobedience and/or disregard for others by all road users and pedestrians there - cars on the wrong side of the road, pulling out in front of others, blocking lanes, taxis permanently parked in bus lanes, bike lanes always blocked by cars, suicidal pedestrians...

When I saw that there was going to be a road race there I put my head in my hands ... this was ALWAYS going to be the outcome

when the Tour Series visited Colchester & the crossing points were manned by squaddies, a guy in his mobility scooter still forced his way past them on to the road (whilst shouting and swearing at everyone in earshot) daft thing was he didnt head for the crossing exit, he headed up the course road and only some quick thinking from the crowd nearest the barrier he was aiming for who dismantled it in time to give him a gap to get through, prevented the whole group who piled round the corner only a few seconds later from wiping out on him.

its amazing how belligerent some people get in insisting on following their set pattern or route they know regardless of obstacles or danger to themselves, let alone the riders.

Must be a theme had a silly little girl approx 18 shove a buggy in front of me today despite desperate bell ringing, shouting and braking hard (all totally useless due to her headphones). The buggy and toddler were sent clear accross an often busy road leaving me to quickly dismount and recover buggy while she stood motionless mouth open, thank god no cars coming in either direction. I had a laporotomy three weeks ago today and the results of her actions could have been disastorous for the toddler and myself, her attitude was am I bothered? I just had to ride away feeling sorry for her child!

I have had a first-hand account from someone who was manning the nearby crossing point. They had asked the woman to wait a few seconds while the riders passed. She wandered off down the barrier and before security could stop her, she'd hoicked the kid over the barrier and hopped over herself. Short of having security round the entire perimeter, it's difficult to see how it could be prevented.

This would not have happened if the cyclist paid road tax.

Oh right.... every day's a school day.

Happened on TdY as well, one 5 year old thought it would be a cracking idea to drag his bike onto the course, the mother was smiling until I grabbed a Tour Maker who sorted it. Other times people forced the barriers apart and crossed all 100 yards from a crossing point.

Saw same thing in Tour de france last year in Chelmsford.
Want be the last either.

Was in London this Sunday to watch the triathlon. The crossing points were very well controlled. Whenever there was a gap, the marshals would say "OK, cross quickly!" - then the people in front would amble across without any sense of urgency or appreciate that those behind were trying to get out of the way of oncoming bikes...

I hope the child is OK. I hope the mother is dragged over hot coals for being so stupid and selfish. In fact I hope she is made to apologise to bother Sarah AND the child, given her actions.

She's probably on the phone to some sort of "where there's blame, there's a claim" bottom feeding lawyers though, or selling her story to the local paper...

I was marshalling at a crossing point for the Tour Series in Durham last week (10 crossing points on a ~ 1 mile circuit) and was amazed at the stupidity of some people as they tried to cross in front of bikes coming towards them. Putting your arm across to block the crossing point wasn't enough. I physically had to stand there and block the gap in the barriers. Even then I had people trying to push me out of the way. The closest we came to an incident was a woman with a dog on an extendable lead. She let the dog cross to my side, but stayed on the far side herself. All I could do was grab the dog by the collar and unhitch the lead so it wound back in on the spring. She wasn't very happy about having her dog manhandled...

Amazing how people react when some people see safety barriers,do they not realise safety barriers are for their safety?,to some they see them straight away as a challenge to fight against,and straight away a sort of rebellion ensues

Made the trip down to watch the Tour Series with friends yesterday and that Croydon circuit was one of the best I've seen in a City Centre Crit.
Glad Sarah avoided any serious injury, a credit to her bike handling skills.

Crazy cyclists. Was she wearing hi-vis? I bet she didn't have her lights on. She was probably speeding too, and I heard she jumped a red light. She doesn't even pay road tax. This event should have been on a cycle lane.

Etc.

Reads very much like an unsuccessful attempt at postnatal abortion to me.

I went to watch the tour series a while ago (not Croyden) and I found there to be ample crossing points on all three of the courses I visited, mind you this meant walking alongside the course (behind the barriers) to get to one, which obviously isn't something cretins are prepared to do.

I've seen this at Sheffield GP.

Some people just think they have a right to go where they want and think that being blocked by the barriers is some kind of insult to their freedom.

Poor kid, he was just doing what his idiot of a mother told him to. Hopefully Dame Sarah will pursue the daft bint for damages and teach her some sense.

Yet another example of how poorly some peoples thought processes work. The mother was clearly not using her brain, I feel sorry for her son.

Guess the Daily Heil later today will claim this was the cyclist's fault for going too fast in a pedestrian area ?

Sounds like the mother should be charged for being reckless in charge of a child ?