Dan Walker says he 'has no memory' of horror bike crash as he begins 200-mile charity ride

The erstwhile BBC Breakfast big was unconscious for 25 minutes aft a collision with a car successful Sheffield successful February past year, but says helium 'never' thought astir giving up cycling

TV prima Dan Walker is backmost successful the saddle for a 200-mile foundation rhythm crossed the northbound of England, conscionable implicit a twelvemonth aft a superior mishap near him unconscious.

The Classic FM DJ is taking connected the gruelling two-day thrust to enactment Global's Make Some Noise charity, contempt his harrowing acquisition past February erstwhile helium was knocked retired for 25 minutes pursuing a collision with a car successful Sheffield. Unfazed, Walker, who volition juggle his vigor hosting duties connected Classic FM Breakfast from 6.30am to 10am during the challenge, admits helium hasn't dwelled connected the incident, telling PA quality agency: "To beryllium honorable with you, I've not adjacent thought astir it."

He added: "I haven't watched the mishap back. I cognize there's footage of it but I don't deliberation I request to." Despite losing his representation of the crash, helium said, "I can't retrieve what happened, due to the fact that I was retired acold for a bit, but I ne'er didn't deliberation astir getting backmost connected a bike."

He revealed: "I deliberation I got backmost connected and started cycling again possibly 3 weeks afterwards." While acknowledging the occasional concern, helium emphasised safety, saying, "Obviously, it goes done your caput each present and again. But I effort and instrumentality arsenic overmuch attraction arsenic I can."

Last year, helium was hit by a car whilst retired cycling and shared photos connected societal media aft the incidental successful Sheffield, which showed him with a bloodied and swollen face. He opened up astir his beingness successful an interrogation with the Times and it was suggested that helium experienced an "out-of-body experience" successful the incident.

The 5 News host, who has spoken astir his religion previously, besides said that helium wasn't definite it was a spiritual experience. Dan commented: "In my mind, I was cycling down a French boulevard, a treelined boulevard, which I deliberation I'd been to earlier but not connected a bike. Then each of a abrupt I was watching myself connected the floor, watching a screen, and past connected that surface I saw these 2 heads appear. And past I jumped backmost into myself and I was connected the level and those 2 faces were the ambulance workers."

He besides discussed his prime to not prosecute charges and added to the work that everyone makes "mistakes". He recalled getting criticised by some drivers and cyclists implicit the unfortunate accident. He suggested that helium hadn't wanted to "enter" the sermon astir it and alternatively was conscionable "very happy" to inactive beryllium alive.

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