On 08/07/2023 04:22 pm, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

In 2021 there were 60 deaths on London roads.
58 involved motor vehicles.
0 involved pedal cycles.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F0f94AcWwAAi4Gu?format=jpg&name=large

So why are chavs on bikes always whingeing on about the "danger" they face?

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In 2021 there were 60 deaths on London roads.
58 involved motor vehicles.
0 involved pedal cycles.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F0f94AcWwAAi4Gu?format=jpg&name=large

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There were 23,139 reported collisions in London in 2021, resulting in 75 people being killed, 3,505 being seriously injured and 23,092 being slightly injured. This report provides a summary of personal injury road traffic collisions and casualties,
reported to and by the police, in Greater London in 2021.

https://content.tfl.gov.uk/casualties-in-greater-london-2021.pdf

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JNugent <jnugent@mail.com> wrote:

On 08/07/2023 04:22 pm, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

In 2021 there were 60 deaths on London roads.
58 involved motor vehicles.
0 involved pedal cycles.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F0f94AcWwAAi4Gu?format=jpg&name=large

So why are chavs on bikes always whingeing on about the "danger" they face?

I know that’s a rhetorical question, but for the mentally challenged:

a) it gives them something to do

b) it’s to get them noticed

c) it might lever public money for cycling things

d) if c) comes about, they won’t have to pay.

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swldx...@gmail.com <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:

There were 23,139 reported collisions in London in 2021, resulting in 75 people being killed, 3,505 being seriously injured and 23,092 being
slightly injured. This report provides a summary of personal injury road traffic collisions and casualties, reported to and by the police, in
Greater London in 2021.

https://content.tfl.gov.uk/casualties-in-greater-london-2021.pdf

QUOTE: There were 23,131 reported collisions – up 2,130 (10 per cent) on
the previous year. There were 3,505 serious injuries (up from 2,974) and
23,096 slight injuries (up from 21,275).

The 10 cyclists killed last year included Imelda Seymour, who was hit by a
van on the A316 at Richmond, Evelina hospital paediatrician Dr Marta
Krawiec, who was killed by a left-turning HGV at Holborn, and Imperial
College PhD student Christina Kong, who was hit by a lorry in Wood Lane. ENDQUOTE

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swldx...@gmail.com <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:

In 2021 there were 60 deaths on London roads.
58 involved motor vehicles.
0 involved pedal cycles.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F0f94AcWwAAi4Gu?format=jpg&name=large

oops…

QUOTE:

27 June 2022

A big increase in the number of cyclists being killed or seriously injured
on London roads was revealed on Monday.

The number of cyclist fatalities increased from six to 10 last year,
compared with the 2021 calendar year UNQUOTE

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On Saturday, July 8, 2023 at 4:23:00 PM UTC+1, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

In 2021 there were 60 deaths on London roads.
58 involved motor vehicles.
0 involved pedal cycles.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F0f94AcWwAAi4Gu?format=jpg&name=large

These are the deaths caused by vehicles after they passed through a light at red between 05-14.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F0iGB5IWIAADLkF?format=jpg&name=medium

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