A man in his 20s, who was cycling on the N11 in Dublin when he was in a collision involving a car driver, has died in hospital.
The collision happened at the junction with Johnstown Road shortly before 5pm just under two weeks ago on November 14th.
Gardaí said on the day of the collision in Cabinteely that the man’s condition was understood to be serious, and this afternoon, they confirmed that the man died yesterday in hospital.
This website does not know further details of the collision at this time. The junction is urban in nature, with cycle routes going in both directions through the junction. These become painted lanes ahead of the junction, and motorists are provided with slip turns which are widely viewed as more dangerous for people cycling.
A Garda Press Office spokesperson said: “Gardaí and Emergency services attended a collision involving a car and e-bike, on the N11 at the junction with Johnstown Road shortly before 5pm. The cyclist, a man aged in his 20s, passed away from his injuries yesterday, Tuesday, 26th November 2024.”
“Gardaí are appealing for any witnesses to this collision to come forward. Any road users who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) and were travelling in the area at the time are asked to make this footage available to investigating Gardaí,” the spokesperson said.
Gardaí said that anyone with any information is asked to contact Dún Laoghaire Garda Station 01 6665000, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.
A tragedy, RIP.
I was cycling through this junction moments after the accident. Just a few seconds earlier, in a completely unrelated incident, some lads in a car threw a bottle at my head at point blank range. I only bring this up to make a point, this city is so hostile for cycling. Sad.
Heartbreaking, RIP. I had been seeing bunches of flowers being added to the damaged metal railings on the centre island over the last week and feared the worst. As an aside, those metal railings have been in a damaged state since some motorist ploughed into them years ago.
As a junction it beggars belief that when it was originally designed it could not have had large pedestrian/bike underpasses built rather than a little-used bridge and wide hostile pedestrian transitions involving metal railed “refuges”. Ireland’s poor urban transitions at junctions contribute to these bad outcomes.
This is very sad, I think one idea would be to reduce from 80 km speed limit to 60 mph.