Witness appeal as cyclist killed in Crewe

Thanks alansmurphy , my post was just copying from the Facebook responses flying around town. I am meeting network rail and Cec highways to ask for a temporary contraflow cycle path across the Hungerford road bridge when it goes one way. I'll put it on the active travel crewe Facebook page as well as here 

Sydneyroad - apologies if my "something must have gone wrong" cam across as speculation. What i was getting at is that it is a massively wide junction, relatively well lit, good crossing points etc. and far from the worst point along that road. It is of course a huge tragedy for those concerned.

I also massively agree with the points you make about the funding but it goes far beyond the paint. As you suggest, there's huge investment in bringing cars in and out of Crewe and little in decent infrastructure. In fact all it is doing is causing more severe pinch points, the b&q roundabout being one.

There's some hideous errors all around there, the 'cycle lane' from the fire station to mmu is about 6 inches wide and full of pedestrians, coming up to the train station it drops you onto Nantwich road where 2 lanes exiting the roundabout merge to 1 and is never clear. The worst example though is at the Gresty Road traffic lights where they've took out a left filter lane to send cyclists down the inside of traffic much of which then turns left. These are all done with the massive protecting qualities of white paint. The cycle lanes then tend to last about 10 metres at a time and disappear so they can put filter lanes into the traffic lights.

If you head to the retail park they have a new challenge outside TGI Fridays, take the cycle lane into oncoming traffic to cross on a blind bridge. Genius!

And just this morning a kind motor vehicle passed me on Crewe's roads, 2 lanes with 1 car (him) and 1 cyclist (me) in a few hundred metres of road. He passed me, beeped, i waved. He then tried to signal at me to be on the aforementioned 6" wide disappearing cycle path, in doing so he forgot to look forwards, jumped a red light and mounted the curb.

As you suggest though, the council will continue to build these stupid roads, send more cars in and force more cyclists out!

The driver was in fact a 28 year old female, not 82. 

The tragic and unnecessary death of a local man on Nantwich Road in Crewe is a loss to the whole community. We would like to offer our sincere condolences to his family, and thank the volunteers and the emergency services who tried to save his life. 
Some will claim that our roads are inherently dangerous, but they do not have to be. How we choose to  use them, how we fund them, and how we design them, determines the outcome. 
  For example, at a time when hundreds of millions are being pumped into road schemes around Crewe,  it was decided not to repaint the Nantwich Road cycle lane where the accident happened.  Cheshire East Council has appointed a cycle champion and we await the adoption of a strategy that will make cycling a safe and practical option that can help Crewe overcome its chronic health and traffic problems.
Empty speculation about the causes of the accident can only raise anxiety and hinder the investigation. If you did see what happened, please tell the local police.

The driver was in fact a 28 year old female, not 82. 

The tragic and unnecessary death of a local man on Nantwich Road in Crewe is a loss to the whole community. We would like to offer our sincere condolences to his family, and thank the volunteers and the emergency services who tried to save his life. 
Some will claim that our roads are inherently dangerous, but they do not have to be. How we choose to  use them, how we fund them, and how we design them, determines the outcome. 
  For example, at a time when hundreds of millions are being pumped into road schemes around Crewe,  it was decided not to repaint the Nantwich Road cycle lane where the accident happened.  Cheshire East Council has appointed a cycle champion and we await the adoption of a strategy that will make cycling a safe and practical option that can help Crewe overcome its chronic health and traffic problems.
Empty speculation about the causes of the accident can only raise anxiety and hinder the investigation. If you did see what happened, please tell the local police.

Wow - so there are restrictions on the time of day people can cycle and what time you are allowed out if a certain age?

This bit of road is on my commute (and many people's travelling through Crewe) and runs past the railway station between one of the main routes out of Crewe and a large junction controlled by traffic lights. Both roads are less than half a mile in length and one has 4 pelican crossings and the other 3. There seems to be somebody killed late at night on Mill Street every 9 months or so, and they add a set of traffic lights each time.

What's also concerning is that the lights near the railway station get criticised by motorists (as there are too many sets) so take about 3 minutes (seriously) to change. There is a cycle lane (bit of paint) that allows me to filter left and most days a rogue pedestrian nearly connects - having said that people are rushing for trains and the lights are stupid.

However, there isn't *THAT* much danger at 8am / 6pm - the roads will be almost deserted come 2am. Something has gone hideously wrong!

RIP to the cyclist...

Why is an 82yr old out in the middle of the night?

What at 2:15am? I was in bed asleep.

RIP the cyclist.

Any chance they could have had a skinful and just, maybe just, riding home on a BSO?