3 players involved in a Road Traffic Accident yesterday.

Danny Kirmond, Chris Annakin and Richard Owen. All have spent the night in hospital.

Just want to wish the guys a speedy recovery

www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/news ... ent-270816 Hope they are ok and make a speedy recovery.

www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/news ... ent-270816 Hope they are ok and make a speedy recovery.

Speedy recovery to all.

Blimey. Hope they make a quick recovery.

Best wishes to the lads. Poor Richard, one thing after another for the lad.

Bit more detail on link below on what the injuries were. I assume Kirmond is the 30 year old, Owen 26, Annakin 25.

[urlhttp://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/updated-three-wakefield-wildcats-players-injured-in-traffic-accident-1-8092301[/url

I hope everyone's OK and all get better. Sounds like it's Chris Annakin that's suffered a dislocated hip, ouch!

Wishing for a speedy recovery for the lads. One day we will get some good news at this club but I won't hold my breath!

Sincerely hope that no alcohol was involved.

Heard they had been to a bbq (bloke in pub)

No the thought crossed my mind too. Hope there was no alcohol involved especially after last year though.

That area though is awful at the moment with all the roadworks.

If anything given the timing. Would like to think beforehand they had been training rather than drinking.

It's pretty rubbish round the bottom of Heath Common at the moment with all the cones making for a confusing road layout. There was a bad smash before the Warrington game where a people carrier had driven into the side of a car and I've seen loads of vehicles switching lanes at the last second.

As mentioned before though, I hope this isn't a drink driving case. Especially after the Smith/Locke debacle last year!

Apparently there was a cyclist on the road at the time. I wonder if it's a case of bad cycling plus awful roadworks?

disgusting isnt it? fancy a cyclist being on the road and not on the pavement!

To be fair number 6 the question was asked if "it's a case of bad cycling" not that the accident was caused by a cyclist or any other matter.

I'm all for defending cyclist and drivers however we don't know the circumstances of the accident and nobody here has blamed anybody. A whole multitude of reasons could be the cause, a misplaced traffic cone perhaps, a bad driver, an animal on the road or maybe a case of bad cycling.

As long as they stick to their designated lanes or stay to one side so cars may past, and not wobble near the middle of enroad like a total biscuit.

Read your Highway Code, cyclists are allowed the same room as a car.

When you see a cyclist moving away from the kerbside it's generally to avoid a grate, a pothole or some debris like glass etc.

Show some patience!

In my experience generally its for no clear reason.

More often than not I give way to cyclists because they aren't cycling safely. Annoying but better that than them or me getting hurt.

Having been on a cycling proficiency course it ought to be mandatory in my opinion for all cyclists. Perhaps made more accessible though.

Some bad drivers and equally cyclists out there. One ran a red light other day on Dewsbury road and almost caused a car to crash. I certainly think about cyclists and motorbikes on the road for my safety more than there's.

Getting side tracked lol

Back to the thread who knows what the cause is. Could be a number of things.

Going back to the point of the pavements.

I am actually on foot around that area at rush hour and at the moment a lot of the pavements are actually out of use.

If only,
A lot of car drivers treat us cyclists with contempt not to mention that old chestnut we pay car tax and insurance you lot don't.
You don't see many bycyclists' in a hurry but most drivers are always flying about in a rush like they own the road and I'll just say this there are far more bad car drivers than poor cyclists, and I hope the Wakey players get well soon.

Nothing to do with the road works, the incident happened on Kirkthorpe lane, on the first bad bend once you turn a left from Black Road. Don't know the extent of their injuries but they are lucky to be alive; their car didn't just hit one tree, it hit two, up rooting the second. Very lucky don't think any will be playing next week. Just hope they are ok. Lesson learnt I think!!!

If this going to turn into a motorist / cyclist thread. What about red lights and one way / no entry streets? I see many cyclists not adhering to either.

As the report says Police would like to speak to a cyclist who was on the road at the time. It maybe they are a witness or a cause. Unless you were there and can say for sure what happened. Everything else is pure conjecture. The club have made a statement and most likely add to it when more information is available.

Let's stick to the point of the thread please.

This is one of the most ridiculous threads I have ever read on this site.
It's like a conversation from early doors.

This is especially true as winter approaches because very few bother with lights. The route from Snydale to the ASDA/NHS warehouses at Normanton must have the highest proportion of dumb cyclists in the country, between 5.30 and 6am. Fortunately it's mainly the pedestrians that have to worry as very few of the numpties use the roads.