18/11/13 - another HGV death in London

[Beebo]

Just heard about another cyclist death in London.
Camberwell area. Male cyclist and HGV!!!
A what point does this end?

 

[DCLane]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-24989985 RIP to yet another.

Is it the weather/road layout?

 

[philk56]

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]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-24989985 RIP to yet another.

Is it the weather/road layout?

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.

 

[theclaud]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-24989985 RIP to yet another.

Is it the weather/road layout?

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]

For God's sake.

 

[Peter Armstrong]

I find it abit more worrying that 60 peds are killed each year

 

[[Philip]]

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.

 

[glenn forger]

 

[Mile195]

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.

 

[Davidsw8]

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.

 

[HLaB]

FFS

 

[numbnuts]

RIP condolances to Family and friends
I'm glad I don't live in London, but as they say coming to a street near you, take care guys

 

[MichaelO]

1631:
The Met says there has been a collision involving a cyclist in Camden High Street in the last half hour.

Not another one...

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Not another one...

Let's hope it stops at injured:

In the last hour a cyclist has been injured in a collision on Camden High Street, close to Camden Town Tube station, police said.


Camden High Street has been closed northbound at Camden Road.