A motorcyclist is being treated by paramedics for an arm injury following a head-on collision with a car in Ashey on the southern outskirts of Ryde this evening (Saturday).
The incident involving a Kawasaki ZX600 and a red Skoda Fabia has occurred between East Ashey Lane and Brading Downs Road, on a section of twisty carriageway. It is the exact same location where a motorcyclist was seriously injured earlier this year.
Emergency services – including 2 crews from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service – are on scene having been alerted to the crash at around 19:00.
The busy road is currently open in both directions under give and take, but is likely to close.
It comes just hours after a motorcyclist was hit by a car on The Mall in Newport.
UPDATE @ 19:33 – It has been confirmed that the mainland motorcyclist has been riding with a group of friends on the Isle of Wight for the first time. It is understood he has sustained an arm injury, but has escaped any life-changing or life-threatening injuries.
Paramedics are also assessing the driver of the Fabia.
The road has now been closed towards Ryde by Police, but remains open for traffic heading towards The Downs.
I am so sorry if I sound a bore saying this but today seeing the amount of motorbikes on our roads excessively speeding it seemed inevitable …I’m pleased that the rider was not seriously injured, how ironic the sun has come out and we have had two or three motorbike accidents today. I think a message to all motorcyclists is just because you have a powerful machine you don’t need to overtake everything and you do not have special powers to drive at the speed’s a lot of you were today
How do you know it wasn’t the cars fault crossing the white line and how do you know he was speeding then
Maybe drivers should be more aware of motorcycles..the standard of driving on the island is appalling. Drivers looking the wrong way at roundabouts, pulling out at junctions without looking. And they have no idea of speed that a vehicle is travelling. God help them if they drive on the mainland.
Interesting, my family was driving home and a group of motorcyclists overtook us at great speed..
Not surprised, if this is one of the group of bikes that were pulling wheelies at high speed up Church Street in Ventnor then I am amazed he made it to Ryde…. Sympathy for the car driver.
Agree totally with you. Why do motorcyclists think the rules of the road don’t apply to them? Speeding is a big factor with these owners. A car driver can be right on the speed limit and a bike comes flying past with no regard for the limit! Looking at the pic here, the car is on the correct side of the road, can’t say the same for the bike……feel so sorry for the car driver, can’t say the same for the motorcyclist.
God help if your ever involved in an accident with your attitude
Ha! I’m way too good a driver. The only accident I’ve ever been involved in while living on the island was not my fault. I was stationary and a car drive into me from behind. He admitted straight away it was his fault, not paying attention!!!!
You have idiots who drive fast and think they are good drivers and you have good drivers who, like me took an advanced driving test and passed. Ha!!!!! Though the standard of driving on IOW is appalling.
Bad stretch of road for anyone
Every stretch of road is “bad” if you don’t use it properly.
Bit of science here… speed and centrifugal force will naturally push you to the outside of a bend…and into the front of a car coming the other way. Lucky escape for the rider.I suggest he wasn’t speeding, given how lightly he got off. If each vehicle was doing 30 mph, impact speed = 60 mph. Maybe the car driver braked hard enough and soon enough… Next person might not be so lucky.
the single arrow bend sign means slight bend ahead on the mainland, same bend would have loads of them signaling a sharp bend, there used to be a warning sign about chevrons on island bends, like 1 chevron arrow for for a hairpin here instead of 5, for tourists to see at east cowes ferry terminal, he entered that bend not realising and got the wrong line in..easy mistake, not into more signage though but your correct not high speed, glad hes ok..
Impact speed at 30mph is always going to be 30mph, you can’t add the two speeds together.
2 vehicles both travelling at 30 mph in opposite directions results in a relative initial impact speed of 60 mph. After the inital impact the motorcyclist will hit the ground at around 30 mph if he is thrown from the machine.
thats an urban myth its not true..if you hit at 30 its 30 if you hit a brick wall at 30 you stop instantly..
Correct Snickers. 30mph is 30…. If in doubt ask a Police officer. You don’t add up both vehicles speed.
I really don’t know how difficult it is to understand. There is a difference between impact speed and speed of each vehicle. The impact speed of two vehicles travelling in opposite directions is calculated by the combined speed of each vehicle. If in doubt ask a scientist.
Car drivers on the Island constantly cross the white line when coming around right hand bends, they do it all the time and that will put them directly in the path of an oncoming bike.
Same with bikers not just car drivers if the car in this picture got over anymore it would have been in the hedge
so do bikers. they regularly cross the white line on bends, on straights, and wherever they like at speed.
This is either the car cutting the corner, which frankly seems unlikely going up that stretch of road, or its the bike speeding downhill and not realising how sharp the corner is, which seems much more likely.
Deb, and why? I suggest the stupid idea of omitting the centre white line, BUT replacing it with a solid white line at both EDGES of the road, then forces a lot of drivers those precious few inches further ‘out’ into the unmarked centre of the road now.
This stupid practice along with putting large solid kerbs on drains along this road, which jut out, forcing some drivers to drive too far toward the centre line in fear of ‘clipping’ them, is the REASON many now drive too far to the ‘invisible centre’ line.
Looking at the photo, looks like the bike was way over the line.
I agree, car drivers very often do cross the white line when driving round corners. I see it happening often. It appears, in this case, the car driver was on the correct side of the road and looking at the pics here, appears to have tried very hard to avoid the head on collision with the motorcyclist. Difficult to say having not witnessed the collision, but I think the pics of the aftermath show fairly well what happened. Irrespective of fault, I’m glad the motorcyclist wasn’t seriously injured.
Well said Debby. Sick of all the know alls jumping to conclusions as every motorcyclist has to be a Hells Angel you know and car drivers are never wrong!
Yes they do and as for these so called perfect car drivers comments he might not of been going fast as you can’t on that corner . Car drivers are terrible over hear
There has been a group of mainland riders here this weekend riding very dangerously, some with no number plates, only a matter of time! As for comment on chevron signs, I believe there were some but were constantly knocked down!
As I said earlier, Not surprised, if this is one of the group of bikes that were pulling wheelies at high speed up Church Street in Ventnor then I am amazed he made it to Ryde…. Sympathy for the car driver.
The “Think Bike” signs and stickers you see always give me a laugh, who thinks bike less than bikers? No regard for their own safety, other road users or traffic laws but some how deserving of special consideration.
You think do you of course they have idiot
Just a quick response to those comments on here questioning whether it was the bike or car at fault. We were the car that the motorcyclist overtook. We were driving at around 50mph, so not slow, considering the bends in the road. The bike rider overtook us (so clearly too fast for the roads and bearing in mind he was a non-Islander), and lost control of the back of his bike on a sharp bend. The car coming in the other direction was NOT on the wrong side of the road, nor was it being driven at speed, as demonstrated by the fact that the rider wasn’t more seriously hurt. Just glad he’s okay.