There was a big accident on Holloway road today. Blocked from Highbury Islington to about where the university is. Tent in the middle of the road and a massive truck on the side. I asked the copper and he said it was a cyclist run over. Apparently dead. Quite disturbing and sad. Always trucks. I came home around 9pm and thought it just happened. But was told that the road was already closed around 6pm. Does anyone know more?

Happened right outside Cycle Surgery, it was an old lady that was hit by a cement mixer and died pretty much immediatley.
As far as I know none of the guys in the shop witnessed what happened just the aftermath.

Very sad.
R.I.P

Man thats bad. I cycle that way home at that time most nights. Went out tonight though so missed it

same here, go past there everyday. Very sad, RIP

that's sad :-(
rest in peace.

Horrble news :( RIP.

If scurgery can sort me out with a lock.. i would happily put a ghost bike up there in these unhappy circumstances

RIP

I probably got an old lock at home we could use, I'll have a look tonight

Someone at work lives off Holloway Road and she said it was a mother and daughter that died. Well, that's what she heard anyway. Either way it's really awful news.

:(

So was it really a cycle accident if it was a mother and daughter? Or something else? As an avid cycler who rides that way everyday, I'm totally freaked out and want to know what happened but can't seem to find anything.

Rip.

Bike accident one lady and one truck involved.

Matt, we can sort a lock if needed.

I cycled past the police cordon at 18:30 and saw a crushed bike under the wheels of an HGV. Given the number of police it must have been a fatality. A lady beside me - who did not witness the accident - said it was the fault of cyclists going through red lights!

+ 10 tim...

I live close by, I can even look out my window and see the place of the incident. I had a chat with one of the police dudettes yesterday and they reckon the old lady was on her bike and kinda drifted towards the truck and hit her head on the front side of the vehicule than fell down flat on the ground.

May she rest in peace.

WTF? you couldn't make this suff up.

She probably deliberately rode under the truck.

Sad news for someone to die, but even sadder when you hear that cyclists' deaths are so inconsequential in London that (1) there's NO media coverage of this - it's not a significant event, and (2) that a convenient* story can be put out that means that it's no-ones fault - not the driver, not the road planner, not the public.

* requires less paperwork, less thinking.

sad news. the guy coming to my place got caught up on this.

holloway road given how busy it is, isn't usually that bad for cyclist. although that big section near the park where there is the big crossing is weird.

7 sisters was closed off just down from holloway on sun, looked like a stabbing. wasn't there also a stabbing near cycle surgery a couple months back?

Shit man, RIP


Good work tim and matt...matt if you need a hand let me know.

Shin

matt, we should really do one for that lady that got killed down in kentish town, they've finished the road works.

'The kenitsh town lady'. Was that out the front of the bullet bar? I was there soon after the accident. I thought she'd just banged up her leg?

What a shame, that intersection really is quite dangerous.

The Lady had NOT run a red light. There is a fundamental flaw with the Fieldway cresent junction with where the trafic lights are placed on the Holloway Road and the delay they have..

awful news

RIP

i was there i thought it was a guy hard to tell though the mess TBF

RIP

Not good.

yep got a lock to donate, let me know if needed. And if you need a hand with the bike Matt, just lemme know

^^^ +1 lock and hand

was cycling down Holloway Road this evening and there was a couple of yoofs pulling out on a red light and nearly got hit by a car. caught up with them at the next junction and pointed out someone had been killed on the same road the night before...they were none too interested. pity

you're gamer than i would be, suprised you didn't get mugged or knifed

Hi I wasn't there when the accident happened. I knew of it as I live 2 mins away, but didn't want to go and see. My 2 friends witnessed the accident. The lady was coming out of Madras Place. She was waiting there until she thought it was safe to go. The cement truck driver was at the lights. As the lights changed the lady went not realizing she shouldn't off. The truck driver did not see her because he was too high up and before you knew it she was under the truck and ended up on the other side of the road outside the bike shop. My friends run to her to help. But there was nothing they could do. The outcome was awfull. Don't want to go into details, but you can imagine. She died basically straight away. She looked around 50/60 years old. All I can say is my heart bleeds for her, the truck driver and her family. May God help them all through this terrible time. May God bless her soul R.I.P

That is the cycle path that crosses Holloway road:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2250052
Tragic.

i don't understand, as basically there is a 20-30m of painted section that area that is designated as bike way. there would be plenty of room?!?

I got there just as the police where covering most of the remains of the person. It was awful & shocking.

I'm sure that the timing/delay of the lights doesn't help anything as when approaching in the cycle lane you can have a green light for cyclists but often there is still traffic 'left over' from the previous green light for cars. So you can have a green light for cyclist that leads into moving traffic instead of a clear cycleway to cross the road. Not good.

What a shame. I'm not sure where the blame lies. Delays in lights? The lady rushing across?
It doesn't sound like it was the drivers fault.
Like Dogs says, there's quite a bit of room.
How did the driver not see her?

Whatever the situation. It's a good reminder of dangerous roads, jumping lights, etc.

Horrible news.

This is the person that died
http://www.kingscrossenvironment.com...ontecorvo.html
http://bridgetfox.wordpress.com/2008...vo-a-sad-loss/



It is very sad. And it is even more sad that these deaths are not being reported in the news.

Theres nothing like government self promotion to make out that they care for the cleanliness of our air and our health and recommending we all go green. They sweep under the carpet the mass of deaths happening to bikers because on the streets - the tax-paying car is King.

It's all about the money. You can buy a BMW built like a tank if you have the money. You can't buy a bike like that. The council should have implemented safety for these dead riders.

R.I.P. nice lady.

I am not sure how this could have happened.
If it is the junction I am thinking of then , heading North, coming from the left, it is cyclis