Cyclist dies in Boambee fatality Bicycle NSW wishes to express its condolences for the friends and family of a woman who died whilst riding her bicycle this morning around 8am. The woman was hit by a truck near Boambee on the NSW North Coast Highway. In spite of the best efforts of paramedics and a…
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) report on Pedal cyclist deaths and hospitalisations[i], when read together with the Sport Australia AusPlay Survey results, shows more can be done to make riding safer. The AIHW Report compares the national rates of deaths and injury for the 17 years from mid 1999 to mid 2016.…
Our southern Bicycle User Groups alerted us last October to a tragedy on the Illawarra roads however it has taken some time for the legal system to bring the driver in question to trial. With great relief, last Wednesday the driver faced court and pleaded guilty to “a charge of negligent driving occasioning death”. Our…