Bicycle NSW is calling on Transport for NSW to take immediate action to improve safety for people riding bikes following a crash that seriously injured a child in Sydney last Monday afternoon. A collision occurred near the intersection of Liverpool Street and Wentworth Avenue, Surry Hills between a bus and a woman riding a bicycle…
Police are calling for anyone with information to come forward after a man was killed in a hit-and-run near Mullumbimby today. Bicycle NSW wishes to express its condolences to the family and friends of the rider. The body of the man was discovered by a passing motorist who called emergency services after 1am on Sunday…
A 17 year old boy died yesterday evening in Blacktown after crashing into a metal barrier. Emergency services were called to attend a playing field in De Castella Drive after reports that a male riding a bike had hit a metal barrier. The boy was suffering serious head injuries. In spite of the best efforts…
Police are investigating a fatal hit and run that took place around 4:45 today in Lidcombe. Bicycle NSW wishes to convey its condolences to the family and friends of the rider. A man died after he was hit by a car near the intersection of Harry Avenue and Maud Street, Lidcombe today. The man has…
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Bicycle NSW wishes to convey its condolences to the family and friends of the 21-year-old woman who has died in hospital following a truck colliding with her as she rode her bike last Thursday 28 March. The collision occurred at the intersection of Parramatta Road and Western Avenue, Camperdown, and in spite of the best…
Bicycle NSW wishes to convey its condolences to the family and friends of a person who died riding their bicycle yesterday, following a crash in the Newcastle suburb of Kooragang. At around 8:40 on Sunday 10 March 2019, emergency services were called to attend Heron Road, in the Newcastle suburb of Kooragang, following reports a cyclist had…
A person riding a bike has been demonized for obeying the law in a 7 News article. Yesterday, March 5, 7 News published a photograph of a person on their bike waiting at the front of a queue at a red traffic light, at a on-ramp to the Pacific Highway in NSW. Dylan Yasar, who…
A crossing to prioritise pedestrians and bike riders was opened last week at Taylor Square in Sydney. Known as the Rainbow Crossing, it celebrates LGBTQI community ahead of the 2019 Mardi Gras and provides a colourful clap-back to the 2013 removal of a similar crossing on Oxford Street ordered by then Roads Minister Duncan Gay.
A man riding a bike on the Federal Highway near Sutton, near the NSW border with Canberra, was fatally hit by a pantech truck this morning. Police were called and attended around 8:15 but the man died at the scene. This is the first death of a cyclist in NSW this year, and brings the…