Bike crash at Silverstone classic today

[Jagfox]

Was sat right opposite the bike crash that happened at the Silverstone Classic today- does anyone know what happened to the rider? Was very still for a worryingly short time. Nothing was said over the tannoy about it either.

[chevronb37]

My friend was one of the marshals who was clearing up the debris at Luffield from this incident during his lunch break. I believe (but wouldn't wish to be quoted on this) that the driver was unconscious for a period and suffered a broken arm. Fingers crossed he's OK.

[k21john]

Hi all

Steve lost the front end of his bike which was followed by another rider having to take avoiding action and came off, Steve was then run over by a 3rd rider resulting in a broken upper arm, he was taken to Northampton Hospital along with his wife and daughter. He was concious which is always a good sign, as I get more details I will update and keep you posted.

It was the only damper on what was a great weekend for the CRMC, after all it was supposed to be a couple of fun parades to show off a little of what we do. The club is a very serious race clup and the action on track is as fearsome and intense as you will find anywhere. We have the honour of Re-opening Donington Park on the 13th, 14th, 15th August, so if we want to be blown away by some world class racing then come along, tickets should be around £15, camping is usually free and we run an open paddock....

Hopefully see you all there for this historic event....

Regards

John

www.crmc.co.uk

[Spiritual_Beggar]

Glad to hear not too serious.

Hope he gets well soon.

[Marc W]

Glad he's relatively okay. Thats the second year running they've had an incident during a bike demo, one of the Harley Riders came off at Copse last year.

[Jagfox]

k21john said:

Hi all

Steve lost the front end of his bike which was followed by another rider having to take avoiding action and came off, Steve was then run over by a 3rd rider resulting in a broken upper arm, he was taken to Northampton Hospital along with his wife and daughter. He was concious which is always a good sign, as I get more details I will update and keep you posted.

It was the only damper on what was a great weekend for the CRMC, after all it was supposed to be a couple of fun parades to show off a little of what we do. The club is a very serious race clup and the action on track is as fearsome and intense as you will find anywhere. We have the honour of Re-opening Donington Park on the 13th, 14th, 15th August, so if we want to be blown away by some world class racing then come along, tickets should be around £15, camping is usually free and we run an open paddock....

Hopefully see you all there for this historic event....

Regards

John

www.crmc.co.uk

Thanks for the update- good to hear he is recovering.