On a Saturday in Alcoy, a cyclist was admitted to hospital following a crash on the city’s urban bicycle lane. The incident also involved two other bicycles and a motor vehicle, though the exact details of the car are not fully confirmed. Local authorities reported to the Emergency Information and Coordination Center that the event occurred around 1:30 p.m. on the cycle path that runs from the historic center of Alcoy toward the Cotes Baixes industrial area, tracing the route of the old N-340 near the Juan Gil-Albert Avenue.
What is known at this point is limited. A motor vehicle collided with three bicycles, according to statements from Alcoy’s Local Police. In response, the Emergency Medical System dispatched two ambulances, one from the Urgent Medical Care service and another from Basic Life Support. Medical personnel attended to the three cyclists at the scene, all of whom sustained injuries described as non-severe by authorities.
The most serious outcome concerns a 50-year-old man who was transported to nearby Virgen de los Lirios Hospital, where he remained admitted with multiple contusions. The remaining two cyclists, aged 58 and 73, were reported by police to have sustained minor injuries with no signs of serious trauma apparent at that time.
Historically, this urban bicycle lane in Alcoy has seen several crashes, often attributed to right-hand turns by motor vehicles that fail to notice cyclists sharing the space. The recent incident is unusual in that it involved three cyclists in a single collision. Nevertheless, police and medical officials note that the prior incidents on this infrastructure have mostly resulted in minor injuries. In today’s case, the injured party presented with only superficial scrapes and no major external injuries, suggesting that the contusions were not severe as initially feared.
The investigation into the precise causes of the crash continues, with officials reviewing traffic patterns, vehicle movements, and the timing of the incident. Local authorities emphasize that cyclist safety on shared urban bike lanes remains a priority and that drivers should exercise extra caution at intersections and lane merges, particularly where bicycle traffic intersects with motor vehicle routes.