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A222 St James' Road (Google Maps image)Croydon transport chief promises “urgent review” of road layout where cyclist was killed
A Croydon councillor who holds the transport portfolio at the London borough has promised cycling campaigners and fellow council members that an “urgent review” will be conducted over the road layout at a location where a woman was killed in a collision with a lorry earlier this week.
The victim, aged 25, had been riding over a railway bridge on St James’s Road, Selhurst, close to the junction with Gloucester Road on Monday afternoon when the collision took place. Her next of kin have been informed, but she has not yet been named.
> Young woman killed cycling in London lorry collision
The driver of the vehicle involved, a 48-year-old man, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving and failure to stop. He has been bailed while police continue their enquiries.
Both Croydon Cycling Campaign and a local councillor have said that the location where the cyclist was killed, opposite the Windmill pub, is dangerous, reports the Croydon Advertiser.
Austen Cooper from the campaign group explained: “The painted cycle lane disappears as the road starts to narrow, effectively diverting the unwary cyclists into the nearside of vehicles travelling alongside or just behind.
"This is very poor design, and needs to be reviewed urgently."
Addiscombe councillor Sean Fitzsimmons described the railway bridge as “not safe for pedestrians or motorists, let alone cyclists.
"It's just too narrow for a major road and my view is it should be rebuilt like the Tennison Road bridge, with a separated cycle lane, but it will need Network Rail support and finance."
He and other councillors from Addiscombe and Selhurst have asked for a meeting to discuss the site and Monday’s fatality.
Confirming that he would meet them as well as Mr Cooper, Croydon’s cabinet member for transport, Stuart King, said: “I am very saddened to learn of this tragic death. My thoughts and sympathies are with the young lady who lost her life and her family.
"We take our responsibility to provide a safe environment for road users very seriously.
"I am looking to talk to the council's transport staff but I will be arranging meetings with Austen and also the ward councillors in the area who have also got in touch with me about the issue.
"I understand there is an ongoing police investigation so it would not be appropriate to comment further at this stage," he added.
Meanwhile, it has emerged that another cyclist in London lost their life earlier in May.
Christopher Holt, aged 58, died in hospital on 15 May from injuries sustained four days earlier in a collision with a car at the junction of Rainham Road and Sowrey Avenue.
The London Evening Standard reports that the female motorist involved stopped at the scene, adding that police have asked witnesses to contact them on 020 8597 4874.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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- john_smith 1 sec ago
If anyone was guilty of carelessness, it was the pedestrian who walked out on to the road directly in front of a cylist.
- john_smith 9 min 55 sec ago
And even if the story true, it is irrelevant, since no one is asserting that a lid will prevent slipped discs or stop you falling down mountains.
- ktache 51 min 43 sec ago
Look at the angry man. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/06/bournemouth-road...
- ROOTminus1 1 hour 55 min ago
Sadly, any malicious arsehole can walk into Screwfix and pick up a kilo of them for £9
- TheBillder 2 hours 18 min ago
From my experience (and that's all I'll claim) this made me go rather too high. A bike fitter brought my saddle down a lot (35 mm) and it felt...
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"There are three cassette options: 11-44T, 10-44T or 10-36T, each of which will fit a traditional 11-speed HG-style driver body."...
- Capt Sisko 4 hours 8 min ago
" over 50% say more cameras would “change their behaviour” " It's a well known fact the carrot doesn't work for most motorist, but the big stick does.
- ktache 4 hours 23 min ago
That Katie Bower of the OHSP seems to have the right idea on some of the priorities of bicycle safety month.
- ktache 4 hours 30 min ago
Well done Cheshire constabulary.
- Stratman 5 hours 23 min ago
'Road test' is one of the boxes to be ticked in the checklist used by my local mechanic
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"transport chief promises urgent review"
Translation: car facilities chief promises urgent PR exercise, box-ticking, sweeping under carpet, empty promises, possible installation of road sign saying "cyclists dismount", followed by inaction.
I know that area well. The road system round there is really poor in places.
I'm sure you're right about that, but we need measures aimed at improving cyclist safety, not just lorry convenience!
Of course cyclist safety is highly important and the subject of the above article, but by reducing the amount of motorised transport in the city to goods vehicles and public transport, you get more road space to use for a protected cycle lane for cyclists to keep them away from the lorries and buses.
Yes - I do take your point. Nothing would make me happier than high-quality segregated infra anywhere where lorries and bikes have to share the same road space. But other than in inner London, this is unlikely to happen any time soon. So we need to look at other ways to protect vulnerable road users.
And less cars means just that the lorries would be driving that bit faster so they could fit in more pickups/deliveries, and probably not looking so much because if there's more room for them then why would they? Might be easier for them, but still dangerous for the "vulnerable road users".
It's so sad that a young woman had to die before people take notice of bad infrastructure.
Banning lorries form London will stop cyclists getting hit by lorries, but you wont get goods delivered to shops and you wont get bulding materials turning up for construction sites
Instead why not heavily reduce the number of private cars in London and encourage people to hire cars for the few times they really need one.
Because it is lorries, not cars, that are disproportionately involved in cyclist deaths.
True, but with less cars on the road in the city, it would be easier for the lorries to get in and around the city, then you impose a 20mph limit and properly segregate motorised transport from cyclists and pedestrians. Lorries themselves still need improving in terms of visibility and safety for pedestrians and cyclists etc. as well, but they are already working on that.
ultimately though, in a city, we need lorries more than we need cars