Emergency services were called to Mill Road yesterday (23/4) after an electric car crashed, damaging a shopfront and injuring a cyclist.

The shop was empty and closed for renovations. One eyewitness told the Cambridge Independent: “if it had been the cafe next door that would have been awful because it was open at the time”.

The incident resulted in the police, fire brigade, and an ambulance arriving at the scene shortly after 4:00PM. An East of England Ambulance service spokesperson said: “We were called just before 4.15pm yesterday (23 April) to reports of a collision between a car and a cyclist on Mill Road in Cambridge.”

They continued: “Two ambulances, a rapid response vehicle and an ambulance officer vehicle were sent to the scene. One patient, an adult woman, was transported to Addenbrooke’s Hospital for further assessment and treatment.”

A Cambridgeshire police spokesperson said: “Officers attended together with paramedics and firefighters. The cyclist was taken to hospital with minor injuries.”

They added: “No arrests and investigations are ongoing.”

Mill Road is a shopping and residential street which heads south east from Parker’s Piece. A number of restaurants, cafés, and are situated on it, as is the Cambridge Central Mosque. Hughes Hall’s main site is accessed from Mill Road, as are several student houses owned by Gonville & Caius College.

Cambridgeshire County Council has been attempting to restrict traffic on Mill Road since December last year, when a bus gate was established on the Mill Road bridge.

Since March 11th this year, only certain classes of vehicle have been permitted to cross the bridge, including buses, taxis, and cyclists, but excluding most private cars, though a list of exempt vehicles is maintained.

That policy has not been uncontroversial. Earlier this month a Mill Road business owner told the BBC that it was “bad for business”. Campaigners, however, maintain that increasing bike and foot traffic on the road will be better for shopkeepers.