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When it comes to pedestrian strikes there's usually never enough time to do anything. Whatever happens, don't try to pull an emergency stop.
I had an accident earlier this year on Whitehall involving an pedestrian and a cyclist. A ped walked out on me on a green light for traffic, I pulled a massive emergency stop which left me dead still at 45 degrees in the road only for a second later to be struck by a cyclist. I initially thought that he had clipped my back wheel so I felt really guilty about my stopping technique, 2 days later a massive yellow/black/blue tyre mark bruise on my leg appeared that lasted for two months. This put him right on my rear wheel, he was drafting me. The crash trapped my leg between his front tyre and me top tube, couldn't walk properly for about 3 weeks. Oh and the ped fled the scene.
I learnt the hard way, try to avoid the best you can without swerving into other traffic, just don't stop, I'd rather take a ped strike on the shoulder than get run over again.