18/11/13 - another HGV death in London
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DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-24989985 RIP to yet another.
Is it the weather/road layout?
Is it the weather/road layout?
philk56
Guru
Awful - saw that just as I was reading this: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/hgv-drivers-caught-in-bike-safety-operation-8946997.html
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
RIP. These deaths are starting to seriously unnerve me.
Some light drizzle, low cloud, so not great visibility. But not bad visibility either. It's just a right-angled intersection. Albany Road is fairly narrow and Camberwell Road is a busy trunk road.
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theclaud
Openly Marxist
It's the HGVs. Good to hear about operations like the one described by @philk56 above, but it would be good to know what action is going to be taken as a result.
BBC Local Live 1330:
These are the cycle death statistics, from TfL:
- 2010: 10 cyclist deaths, four involving HGVs
- 2011: 16 deaths, 12 involving HGVs
- 2012: 14 deaths, five involving HGVs
- 2013 so far: 14 deaths, nine involving HGVs
glenn forger
Guest
For God's sake.
Peter Armstrong
Über Member
I find it abit more worrying that 60 peds are killed each year
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[Philip]
Well-Known Member
Very very sad indeed.
I rode to work today, and I feel a bit nervous cycling in London at the moment, but also reassured that I light myself up light a christmas tree to make sure I'm seen.
On my journey today, going through forest hill in South East London at about 7am, it was still dark and a bit foggy, a cyclist coming towards me was dressed in black, a black helmet, with no front light and a very dim led light on the back attached to his rucksack that either needs recharging or new batteries (or throwing away). He was completely unoticable. I felt quite worried for him.
I rode to work today, and I feel a bit nervous cycling in London at the moment, but also reassured that I light myself up light a christmas tree to make sure I'm seen.
On my journey today, going through forest hill in South East London at about 7am, it was still dark and a bit foggy, a cyclist coming towards me was dressed in black, a black helmet, with no front light and a very dim led light on the back attached to his rucksack that either needs recharging or new batteries (or throwing away). He was completely unoticable. I felt quite worried for him.
glenn forger
Guest
Mile195
Guru
I have noticed that the roads seem to have got busier than normal over the last couple of weeks or so. Schools were out for half term and things got quiet as you'd expect, then when they all came back the traffic was much worse than before half term. I imagine more people that might usually walk, cycle or public transport are driving because of the weather.
I'm absolutely shocked to hear about yet another death though. Something definitely needs to be done, though what that should be is quite a topic for debate.
I'm absolutely shocked to hear about yet another death though. Something definitely needs to be done, though what that should be is quite a topic for debate.
Davidsw8
Senior Member
Holy c***, I know that junction very well, very close to where I live. I cross the Walworth Road further up if I'm cycling but that is a pretty bad box junction even for a motorist, not sure I'd want to attempt it as a cyclist.
