Overview

• Emergency services attended the single-vehicle crash on May 26 after Gardiner’s Volkswagen Golf R veered off the northbound carriageway of the A34 in Gatley and overturned.
• Gardiner was treated for serious head injuries in hospital and died on May 29, with eater MaManchester Police notifying his family of his passing on June 1.
• He had travelled from his home on Scotland’s west coast to Stockport for a family birthday celebration at the time of the accident.
• Gardiner and his mother, Jo, competed in the BBC’s 2019 Race Across the World where they traversed South America and described the experience as life-changing.
• Producers and cast members praised Gardiner’s energy and warmth while his parents described him as “loyal, funny and fiercely protective” in an emotional tribute.