Rider down in Roehampton, looking like another death 15.11.13

[gaz]

Reports on twitter about another rider down with a collision with a HGV.
http://news.radiojackie.com/2013/11...ews&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

 

[hopless500]

Oh lord, not another...... this is escalating.
So sad.

 

[gaz]

6 in 10 days in London. 7 in 10 days in the UK

 

[Sittingduck]

FFS

 

[Roadrider48]

6 in 10 days in London. 7 in 10 days in the UK

That's too many, far too many. I feel for those poor cyclists families.

 

[Whiskey88]

Some of us are trying to find a secondary source as we speak. One person on twitter is saying it happened on Danebury Avenue, outside some shops, but that's all anyone is coming up with so far...

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Some of us are trying to find a secondary source as we speak. One person on twitter is saying it happened on Danebury Avenue, outside some shops, but that's all anyone is coming up with so far...

I haven't found one. So far. Not much I can say any more, other than condolences to the family and I hope she died quickly.

EDIT: the original source has changed the article. Not a cyclist, not that it changes the loss or

the pain:
A woman has died after allegedly being hit by a lorry in Roehampton.

The incident happened at 4 o'clock this afternoon, and the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

It was thought the victim was a cyclist, however, Met police have confirmed she was not on a bike.

 

[ManiaMuse]

Doesn't seem to be much info on this.

Someone on LFGSS says it may have been a pedestrian rather than a cyclist. http://www.lfgss.com/thread117458.html

Another poster was apparently given the same version of events by 5 different people that the victim one of 3 people sat on the back of a scaffolding lorry who fell out going over a speedbump and hit the ground at speed (could explain arrest for dangerous driving /speculation)

 

[User33236]

It has now appeared on ITV web site

http://www.itv.com/news/london/update/2013-11-15/woman-killed-in-collision-with-a-lorry/

Doesn't add much to the story. A sad loss either way :-(

 

[MattyKo]

Just viewed the Newsnights' coverage concerning the spike in number of cyclists fatalities in London. Chris Ames (probably an incorrect recollection of the cycle campaigners name), asked us to draw comparisons with Paris - "which has seen no fatalities of cyclist within the city". "The majority of fatalities are due to cyclists -v- HGV" Paris restricts HGVs' access to the city to outside peak times. Therefore cyclists are not competing for the limited road space with HGV during their journeys to work. A suggestion he said the mayor would be able to initiate immediately.

 

[gaz]

Just viewed the Newsnights' coverage concerning the spike in number of cyclists fatalities in London. Chris Ames (probably an incorrect recollection of the cycle campaigners name), asked us to draw comparisons with Paris - "which has seen no fatalities of cyclist within the city". "The majority of fatalities are due to cyclists -v- HGV" Paris restricts HGVs' access to the city to outside peak times. Therefore cyclists are not competing for the limited road space with HGV during their journeys to work. A suggestion he said the mayor would be able to initiate immediately.

Mark Ames, does i bike london blog.

 

[Kies]

These construction lorries could be banned from 8am-10am and between 4pm-6pm, i.e peak rush hours

 

[spen666]

These construction lorries could be banned from 8am-10am and between 4pm-6pm, i.e peak rush hours

that would just make the roads less safe for those who commute outside those hours!

there is no action without reaction

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

that would just make the roads less safe for those who commute outside those hours!

there is no action without reaction

Ok, I know that Paris, particularly central Paris, is not in a permanent state of being knocked down and rebuilt in the same way that London is, but the virtual absence of cycling fatalities, even with Vélib hire bikes on the streets, may be connected to the restrictions cited below. Perhaps there are other restrictions that apply to HGVs in Paris - I don't know - as well as a different us-them attitude to the ''Anglo-saxons'' but your necessary reaction does not appear to be in evidence. Can you account for it?

Paris area HGV restrictions:
Further restrictions apply for HGVs in the Paris area,
HGVs cannot enter the Paris area on Mondays and day following a public holiday, from 6 a.m to 10 a.m),
HGVs cannot leave the Paris area on Fridays and days preceding a public holiday, usually from 4 p.m. onwards.
This means that trucks cannot transit via the inner ring road of Paris (boulevard périphérique) during these hours.

 

[steveindenmark]

Having been an ex truck driver I think that is a very small time frame to get into a city, get unloaded and get out. Bearing in mind that there could be other trucks waiting to be unloaded.

You have to remember that trucks are a necessary evil. But I like the idea of restricting them for the rush hour periods.

The lady sadly died in the accident was a pedestrian and not a cyclist.

Steve