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News from Darren Johnson (past staff): Male cyclist killed by HGV at junction TfL struck from safety review

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03 April 2014

Darren Johnson AM has responded to the news of a cycling fatality in London this morning. The collision happened at 10am at Ludgate Circus junction in the City of Westminster.

A male cyclist was involved in a collision with an HGV and was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, a London Ambulance spokesperson said.

This junction featured on TfL’s original list of 100 junctions which it planned to overhaul following safety concerns but TfL subsequently revised the list to 33 junctions and dropped Ludgate Circus from it (1).

Six cyclists were killed or seriously injured at this junction between 2008 and 2012 according to research by Darren Johnson AM (2).

Darren Johnson commented:

"This absolutely tragic news is made all the more poignant by the fact that TfL recently decided to cancel the safety overhaul it had deemed necessary at this blackspot. Six cyclists were killed or seriously injured here in the space of five years yet despite this dreadful toll TfL aren’t going to get this junction sorted out. We are seeing this pattern of inaction all across the road network in London and it is unacceptable.”

“The Mayor as Chair of TfL has to show some leadership and take responsibility for getting London’s road network fit for cycling. The junction review should not have been downgraded but now that it has been, he must ensure TfL does not dither when it comes to improving the remaining 33 junctions.”

“The Mayor must also ensure restrictions put on unsafe lorries are properly enforced and should think again about imposing a peak-time ban on HGVs. Rolling out segregated cycle lanes and implementing measures like 20mph zones would also make our streets safer for cyclists and pedestrians.”

Notes to editors

  1. TfL map showing junctions which will be revised under the amended junction review programme: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/images/priority-junctions-map-lightbox.jpg

  2. List of 100 junctions identified by TfL in original junction review programme. Figures for cyclists killed and seriously injured at these junctions have been obtained by Darren Johnson AM using the Levenes Cycle Injury Map and are for the period 2008 – 2012 (http://www.cycleinjury.co.uk/map)

  3. Darren Johnson AM is available for interview

Junction

Borough

KSIs-junction only

KSIs-junction +vicinity

Aldgate Gyratory

City of London

0

0

Ambleside Avenue / Mitcham Lane

Lambeth

1

1

Apex Corner / Hampton Road West

Hounslow

0

0

Archway Gyratory

Islington

1

1

Battersea Bridge Road / Westbridge Road

Wandsworth

0

0

Battersea Park Road / Latchmere Road

Wandsworth

5

5

Battersea Park Road / Nine Elms Lane / Havelock Terrace

Wandsworth

2

2

Bishopsgate / Camomile Street

City of London

3

4

Blackfriars Bridge / Victoria Embankment Northbound

City of London

10

12

Blackfriars Road / Stamford Street

Southwark

3

4

Borough High Street / Southwark Street & St Thomas Street

Southwark

7

7

Bow Roundabout

Tower Hamlets / Newham

5

5

Bow Road / Campbell Road

Tower Hamlets

2

2

Brixton Hill / Josephine Avenue

Lambeth

0

0

Brixton Hill / Trent Road / Brixton Water Lane

Lambeth

1

1

Bromley Common / Oakley Road

Bromley

1

1

Bromley Road / Canadian Avenue

Lewisham

2

3

Cable Street

Tower Hamlets

6

6

Camden Road / St Pancras Way

Camden

2

2

Clapham Common / The Pavement

Lambeth

1

1

Clapham Common Southside

Lambeth

9

9

Collier's Wood High Street / Christchurch Road

Merton

0

0

Cromwell Road / Gloucester Road

Kensington & Chelsea

2

2

Dalston Junction

Hackney

3

3

Deptford Broadway & Deals Gateway

Lewisham

5

5

Edith Grove / Kings Road

Kensington & Chelsea

1

2

Edgware Road / Praed Street

Westminster

1

1

Elephant & Castle Northern Roundabout

Southwark

13

13

Euston Circus

Camden

9

9

Farringdon Road / Clerkenwell Road

Islington

4

5

Farringdon Road / Calthorpe Street

Islington

1

1

Great Cambridge Road / Hoe Lane

Enfield

1

1

Great Cambridge Road / White Hart Lane

Enfield

3

3

Great West Road / Chiswick High Road

Hounslow

1

2

Great West Road / Shield Drive

Hounslow

1

1

Grosvenor Road / Chelsea Bridge

City of Westminster / Kensington & Chelsea

2

3

Grosvenor Road / Lupus Street

City of Westminster

1

1

Highbury Corner

Islington

5

6

Holloway Road / Jacksons Road

Islington

2

2

Homerton High Street / Ponsford Street

Hackney

2

2

Hook Road / Bridge Road

Kingston-upon-Thames

1

1

Horseferry Road

Tower Hamlets

4

4

Hyde Park Corner (NW Corner)

Westminster

8

8

Jamaica Road / Lower Road / Rotherhithe Roundabout

Southwark

1

1

Jamaica Road / Southwark Park Road

Southwark

1

1

Jamaica Road / St James Road

Southwark

1

1

Kennington Road / Cleaver Street

Lambeth

3

3

Kew Bridge / Spring Grove / Kew Bridge Road

Hounslow

1

1

King William Street / Gracechurch Street

City of London

5

6

Kingsland Road / Middleton Road

Hackney

3

3

Kings Cross / Pentonville Road

Islington / Camden

9

9

Lambeth Bridge Northern Roundabout

City of Westminster

2

4

Lambeth Bridge Southern Roundabout

Lambeth

4

4

London Road Roundabout (Chertsey Road / London Road)

Richmond-upon-Thames

1

1

Ludgate Circus

City of London

6

6

Marble Arch Gyratory

Westminster

2

3

Marylebone Road / Marylebone High Street

Westminster

0

0

Mile End Road / Burdett Road / Grove Road

Tower Hamlets

4

4

Mile End Road / Cambridge Heath Road

Tower Hamlets

5

6

Mile End Road / Stepney Green

Tower Hamlets

0

0

Nags Head Gyratory

Islington

12

12

Old Street Roundabout

Islington

6

10

Oval Triangle

Lambeth

9

11

Queens Circus

Wandsworth

3

3

Queens Road / Asylum Road

Southwark

1

1

Seven Sisters / Blackstock Road

Islington

3

3

Seven Sisters Road / Isledon Road

Islington

1

2

Shooters Hill Road / Stratheden Road

Greenwich

1

2

Shoreditch High Street / Great Eastern Street / Commercial Street

Hackney

10

13

Southwark Bridge Road / Marshalsea Road

Southwark

4

5

St George's Circus

Southwark

1

1

Stamford Hill / Belfast Road

Hackney

2

3

Stockwell Gyratory

Lambeth

5

8

Streatham High Road / Strenhold Road

Lambeth

0

2

Swiss Cottage Gyratory

Camden

2

2

Talgarth Road / Gliddon Road

Hammersmith & Fulham

2

2

Tanner Street / Jamaica Road

Southwark

3

3

The Highway / Dock Street

Tower Hamlets

1

1

Tibbets Corner

Wandsworth

2

2

Tooting Broadway / Mitcham Road

Wandsworth

2

2

Tooting High Street / Blackshaw Road / Longley Road

Wandsworth

2

2

Tottenham Hale Gyratory

Haringey

0

0

Tower Bridge Road / Abbey Street

Southwark

2

3

Tower Bridge Road / Druid Street & Queen Elizabeth Street

Southwark

2

2

Trinity Road / Tooting Bec Road

Wandsworth

2

3

Upper Richmond Road West / Sheen Lane

Richmond-upon-Thames

2

2

Upper Richmond Road West / Clifford Avenue

Richmond-upon-Thames

0

1

Upper Thames Street / Queen Street Place

City of London

2

4

Vauxhall Bridge Road / Drummond Gate

Westminster

2

2

Vauxhall Bridge Road / Millbank / Grosvenor Road

Westminster

11

11

Vauxhall Cross Gyratory

Lambeth

8

8

Victoria Embankment / Bridge Street

Westminster

3

3

Victoria Embankment / Savoy Place

Westminster

2

2

Victoria Gyratory

Westminster

5

5

Waterloo Roundabout

Lambeth

4

5

Well Hall Roundabout (Rochester Way / Well Hall Road)

Greenwich

0

0

White Chapel Road / Vallance Road

Tower Hamlets

4

5

Willow Tree Roundabout (A312 The Parkway)

Hillingdon

0

0

York Road / Plough Road

Wandsworth

2

2

York Road / Wandsworth Bridge South

Wandsworth

0

3

 

 

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