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Thank goodness they're now going to put a speed camera at the junction. That'll stop collisions like the one below, not. Still, I'm sure the trolls will still support TfL. As long as they're putting in anti-motorist measures instead of real road safety improvements, who cares about the odd cyclist being killed? Mr Wright should get his priorities straight. First we remove the motorist scum, then we concentrate on less important things like saving lives. That's why road safety "improvements" are only currently allowed if they punish, restrict and/or make things more difficult for motorists. (Can anyone name any other sort of road safety "improvement" that is currently used in London? No?  Better come out with some ad hominem to cover that up then.)

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23472733-details/Father+of+killed+cyclist+hits+out+at+danger+junction/article.do

Father of killed cyclist hits out at danger junction

Rob Singh, Evening Standard 03.04.08

Transport for London's road safety policy was today labelled "unacceptable" by the father of a cyclist killed by a lorry.

Peter Wright said TfL should have taken action at a junction in King's Cross before his daughter Madeleine, 26, was crushed to death there while travelling to work.

Her inquest, held at St Pancras coroner's court, heard there had been 22 collisions at the traffic lights in the three years before Miss Wright's death on 9 March last year.

These were classed as "slight collisions" resulting in minor injuries at worst. They involved nine cyclists and 13 pedestrians.

Coroner Andrew Reid heard Miss Wright died at traffic lights in Pentonville Road at the junction of Penton Rise. She was hit by a 7.5- tonne lorry as it turned left. She died at the Royal London Hospital. Witnesses said they saw another cyclist in front of Miss Wright dart in front of the lorry moments before the accident.

Lorry driver John Humphrey told the inquest he stopped on the right side of the junction to give himself room to turn left.

He said there were no cyclists in the advanced stop box in front of him and the first cyclist moved across him causing him to brake. He said: "It was as if they came from nowhere."

Chris Lines, head of TfL's Road Safety Unit, told the inquest that despite the number of "slight collisions" at the junction it was not deemed a high priority and changes were not made due to budget constraints.

Since Miss Wright's death TfL has altered the junction to make it safer. It is due to introduce a speed camera as well as a crossing for cyclists and pedestrians.

Recording a verdict of accidental death, Dr Reid said it was a result of a combination of factors including road layout and a blind spot in Mr Humphrey's mirrors.