CYCLIST Joy Dawkins is urging other riders to take care at the tram lines after she was badly hurt in a fall at Clifton.
The 52-year-old suffered a dislocated shoulder, which doctors had to force back into place.
They also discovered part of the bone had cracked off, and she is now facing an operation to repair the damage.
The incident comes just two weeks after the Post reported on the case of Terence Granger, of Ruddington, who suffered eight cracked ribs and a punctured lung in a similar accident in Clifton.
Mrs Dawkins, of Colleymoor Leys Lane in Clifton, who works as an administrator for Boots UK, was cycling on Southchurch Drive when her wheel got caught in the tram tracks.
She said: "I fell sideways and just went straight onto my shoulder. It's a very good job I had my helmet on.
"I started panicking because I couldn't move and I was worried I was going to get run over. I remember shouting 'help! help!'.
"Luckily a van driver came to help me and he called an ambulance."
Mrs Dawkins was rushed to Queen's Medical Centre after the incident, which happened at about 6am last Tuesday.
She is now recovering at home, awaiting the operation to insert a metal plate and pins into her shoulder.
She added: "The injuries were incredibly painful and I had to be sedated when they put the shoulder back into its socket.
"I still can't believe it happened – I think I'm still in shock."
She says more should be done to warn cyclists of the dangers of tram lines.
She said: "There need to be more signs around and there needs to be more awareness about how dangerous it can be.
"I just want to warn other people that they need to be very careful. I knew the tram lines were slippy, but I didn't realise how bad they were."
Husband Marc Dawkins, 40, added: "I think there should be better crossing points for cyclists as it's obviously very dangerous"
A spokesman for construction contractor Taylor Woodrow Alstom said: "We are very sorry to hear of Mrs Dawkin's accident and wish her a full and swift recovery.
"Over recent months we have been working with several local cycling groups to raise awareness of cycle safety in areas where tram tracks have recently been installed.
"We recommend that cyclists crossing tram tracks prepare early, and cross them as close to a 90 degree angle as possible, and where construction work on the tram expansion is still in progress we have consistently advised them to dismount through any roadworks."
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