On the 5th of February 2011, 30 year old Eilidh Cairns was crushed by an HGV while cycling through Notting Hill Gate, in west London. According to The Guardian in its edition of 7 November 2011, there have been many cycling deaths in London, and 21 cyclists have been killed by HGVs since the tragic death of Eilidh Cairns, on the very same route which Crossrail would like to use for their HGVs. How shortsighted and utterly disrespectful can such an intention be on the part of Crossrail, which is hoping to use that very same route with up to 70 HGVs daily for two years?
The Guardian goes on to quote Chris Peck, policy co-ordinator at the national cycling campaign group CTC, saying: "Most of the deaths that have occurred in London this year have involved lorries, normally at least half of all deaths involve a large goods vehicle making a low-speed turn." These are exactly the kind of turns that Crossrail HGVs would be undertaking (innumerable turns at low-speed) along this route if permission is granted!
Read more:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/nov/07/killed-cyclists-family-fail-new-inquest
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