Full name Jason MacIntyre Role Cyclist Name Jason MacIntyre | Rider type Time Trial Specialist Discipline Road Died January 15, 2008 | |
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Born 20 September 1973 ( 1973-09-20 ) | ||
Road Safety Week 2014: Caroline MacIntyre
Jason MacIntyre (20 September 1973 – 15 January 2008) was a Scottish racing cyclist. He was a triple British and Scottish champion time trial cyclist and broke Graeme Obree's 10-mile (16 km) time trial Scottish record in 2007. He was killed after a collision with a van on the A82 road.
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Early life and career
Born in Lochgilphead, Argyll and Bute, MacIntyre moved to Fort William when he was ten years old. He started cycling at the relatively late age of 18, and won the Tour of the North in Northern Ireland at the age of 23. He represented Scotland at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. He was the first Scot to win the British National Time Trial Championships, in 2006, and won the British 25-mile time trial twice, in 2006 and 2007.
Death
On 15 January 2008, MacIntyre was involved in a collision with a van at Carrs Corner on the A82 road in Fort William. He was airlifted to hospital, but died of his injuries on the way.
MacIntyre was married and had twin daughters, who were eight years old at the time of his death. A memorial fund launched by the Braveheart Cycling Fund to provide assistance to MacIntyre's family had, as of 17 January 2008, raised £8,000. The fund aims to pay for a carer for one of his daughters, who has a serious kidney condition.
Robert MacTaggart, the driver of the council van involved in the crash was later fined £500 and had his driving licence suspended for six months after pleading guilty to the charge of careless driving.
On the first anniversary of his death, MacIntyre's family placed a ghost bike at Carrs Corner as a permanent memorial.