Boris announces new cycling safety plans

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  • Irvinet
    Irvinet Posts: 117
    Rich_E wrote:
    http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_release.jsp?releaseid=24080

    Wow... there is an absolute gold mine of information linked off that article:

    http://londonroadsafety.tfl.gov.uk/data ... ations.php

    This fact sheet has enough stats for about 1000 flame wars: :twisted:

    Pedal cyclist collisions and casualties in Greater London (PDF 256KB):
    http://londonroadsafety.tfl.gov.uk/www/ ... 6-2007.pdf

    Table 12 is fascinating.
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  • ketka82
    ketka82 Posts: 63
    Oooh, goody! I love statistics!

    Scary one in there though; in 2007, 11 out of 14 cyclist fatalities happened when the cyclist was 'going ahead', i.e cycling along minding his own business and not attempting any kind of manoeuvre. :shock:

    So basically I deduce by all this that if you a male aged 25-29, commuting to work on a clear summer's day and passing a t-junction - BEWARE! :wink:
  • ketka82
    ketka82 Posts: 63
    I know this isn't at all funny but am I reading it right that in 2007 1 cycling fatality was caused by a head-on collision with.... another bicycle?! :shock:
  • jimmypippa
    jimmypippa Posts: 1,712
    What I noticed in this is that the under 16 incidents dropped, I#d guess that this was due to a drop in cycling in that age group.

    I don't know about 16-24 but the trend line seems similar.

    You can see the effect of the congestion charge in Central London, which is the only part that cycling has actually increased.
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  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    ketka82 wrote:
    I know this isn't at all funny but am I reading it right that in 2007 1 cycling fatality was caused by a head-on collision with.... another bicycle?! :shock:

    That indeed is what table 11 shows. I'm still trying to imagine the scenario - perhaps the cyclist was knocked into the path of oncoming traffic - the ''conflict'' would initially have been cyclist v cyclist. Just guessing :o
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  • prj45
    prj45 Posts: 2,208
    Cracks me up Boris has disbanded the special police team with expertise on HGVs (which have killed MANY cyclists), but has spent millions on scrapping bendy buses which have killed NO cyclists.

    What a plonker, a dangerous one at that.
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  • Specialized Needs
    Specialized Needs Posts: 802
    prj45 wrote:
    Cracks me up Boris has disbanded the special police team with expertise on HGVs (which have killed MANY cyclists) ...
    Particularly after his recent experience of apparently poor HGV maintenance that was caught on CCTV!
  • prj45
    prj45 Posts: 2,208
    duncedunce wrote:
    prj45 wrote:
    Cracks me up Boris has disbanded the special police team with expertise on HGVs (which have killed MANY cyclists) ...
    Particularly after his recent experience of apparently poor HGV maintenance that was caught on CCTV!

    Oohh, good point (had to tweet that cos I'm such a saddo).
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