HUNDREDS of motorcyclists parked their bikes on the Tamar Bridge in tribute to 20-year-old Adam Smart who died in a crash earlier this summer.

The organiser of Biker Think Smart rally, which also saw 2,000 wooden crosses lining the bridge, said it was the most heartfelt tribute he had ever attended.

Motorcyclists travelled from across the Westcountry and further afield to take part in the tribute to Adam, from Saltash, who died in June when his Kawasaki Ninja Z600 and a waste tanker were in collision at the Carkeel Roundabout.

Nearly 2,000 fellow bikers attended the rally, lining the pedestrian lane with their machines where wooden crosses, made by children from Adam's primary school at Burraton, had been placed to mark the 2,000 motorcyclists who have died in Cornwall and Devon since 1962 when the bridge opened. The event was arranged by Cornwall Freewheelers, who organise the ferrying of blood donations and organs by motorcycle, and chairman Darren Berrey, who works for Cornwall Council's road safety department, said that, in his 15 years of organising biking events, Sunday's tribute had been the most heartfelt.

A total of 1,842 bikes supported the event and donations resulted in £1,390 being raised in support of the Freewheelers charity.

Adam's dad David, himself a keen motorcyclist, took part, with one of Adam's sisters, Sarah-Jane, riding pillion. Mum Kerry and sister Lauren-Louise were also present.

The family paid tribute to the support they had received locally and from fellow bikers.

David is organising a rugby game in Adam's memory in October. Meanwhile, the crosses will be used to create a giant cross in memory of Adam at saltash.net community school.