These are some of the injuries - some looking very serious and painful - from cyclists who have suffered Luas-related cycling crashes in Dublin. They have set out their stories in these brief individual accounts and are shared here courtesy of the Dublin Cycling Campaign.
Cyclists share stories and photos of Luas crash injuries
The Dublin Cycling Campaign has compiled a series of messages and photos from people injured due to Luas-related incidents.
And the campaign has given stickybottle permission to use some of the material here.
There's a lot more of these accounts which you can read the Dublin Cycling Campaign website by following this link.
Some of the incidents relate to the period when the Luas works were still underway.
1st December 2016 I stopped at a red light on Nassau Street and skidded on the Luas track. I came over my handle bars, dislocated my shoulder & fractured my hip socket.
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I emailed Luas from my work email and they painted a cyclist falling on the road outside my office.
I’m now a pedestrian, having been told that my hip won’t take another fall without a complicated operation.
I have picked up two cyclists since then who fell on the tracks. The Luas layout in the vicinity of College Green makes cross-city cycling very difficult.
5th February 2017 I’ve been cycling in Dublin for about 8 years and had my first accident on Friday.
I slipped on Luas tracks when turning right after O’Connell Bridge into Eden Quay. The tracks were wet so the fact that I took them at 45 degrees didn’t make a difference.
I was aware that people were getting caught in them, but hadn’t realised they get so unbelievably lethal after the rain.
I landed full force on my [helmeted] head at the intersection of 7 lanes of traffic. Then I went to hospital the next day as I was still feeling foggy and slow.
11th December 2017 My husband was permanently injured as a result of his tyre becoming lodged in the Luas track.
He spent three weeks in hospital with a Grade 6 tibia plateau fracture, and a broken fibula.
He spent six months with external fixation and will need a full knee replacement in the near future.
For more accounts from the Dublin Cycling Campaign follow this link.
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