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Russian lorry and car collision YouTube stillVideo: Incredibly close call as cyclist in Russia caught in middle of crash between lorry and car
A cyclist in Russia yesterday had an incredibly close call with death when he found himself caught up in a collision between a lorry and a car – with the incident captured on CCTV.
The man was riding his bike across a pedestrian crossing in Lyubertsy, on the outskirts of Moscow, when a red car approached from the opposite direction just as a truck, whose driver appeared to have ignored the right of way, headed across the intersection.
The result was a spectacular collision between the lorry and the car that sends debris, and both vehicles, flying. The lorry was first tipped onto two wheels, possibly saving the rider’s life as it hurtled past him, before falling onto its other side.
The rider, on his knees, looked around – one can only imagine what must have been passing through his mind – before getting to his feet, while passers-by helped the apparently uninjured lorry driver out of his cab.
The footage is from a traffic surveillance camera operated by AVK-Wellcom, which uploaded the video to YouTube. This is the second video to emerge from Russia in recent months of cyclists emerging relatively unscathed from encounters with heavy goods vehicles, in July we reported on the even more remarkable case of the young woman cyclsit who walked away after being run over by a tipper truck in the Russian city of Zelenograd near Moscow.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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They drive on the right in Russia, so why is the cyclist on the left hand side of the road ?. He may well be pissed which would explain why he's cycling on the zebra - but that may also be allowed in Russia. The junction is a mess, we would consider it unmarked but the centre lines appear to indicate that the red car has right of way and the truck should be stopping.
Maybe it's Ukraine and no one is really there ?
Only in Russia!
What a wanker that truck driver is. Let's not stop at this junction, that's a great idea! Prick.
The front left wheel seems to have hit his bike, which means that the part we don't see (which way he fell) means he was even luckier.
I went for a ride this morning, no vans hit me, not even a little bit. Not even a clip by a motorbike, sigh! My luck's clearly not in!
Cool guy, gets nearly taken out by a car, immediately thereafter wiped out by a lorry, sits in the road thinking "HOLY FUCK!!!!" for a few seconds then gets up to go and check on the driver without even looking at his bike. Chapeau!
No hi viz. Idiot. Asking for it.
Have you noticed how the lorry's wheels are still turning? I reckon there's an engine in there.
Ah I see what you did there!
Ok they need more lines on the road maybe to make it more clear that you have to give way.
Wow, lucky.
How come Russian CCTV quality is so much better than here though?
Probably pissed.
Cyclist wasn't wearing a helmet either.
Yes I agree wholeheartedly, it was definitely the cyclists fault for not wearing a helmet! And I don't see a high viz vest, even a Sam Brown could have avoided all this carnage. When are they going to learn?
If that had been Glasgow someone would have stolen the guys bike.
Edinburgh is full of angels of course...
Well going by last nights events thats a given, eh?
Only a crass, middle class wanker typing from the comfort of home 50 miles away would find the idea of people being attacked by far-right football hooligans funny.
Of course none of that applies to you...
What you doing so far from home at this time of night?
Just a few inches (or seconds) to the left and he would have been part of the wreckage - lucky should be his middle name.
Trikeman.
That was a fine 'window of opportunity'.....
I hope he did the lottery later that day