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Do you know if there is a public record, log, commemoration of anyone who dies at the hands of drivers in London? (Apart from the official KSI stats published by the police/TfL). We know how many cyclists have died so far this year, how many people have been killed on London roads since January?
There isn't such a thing, no. It would be a lot of work to compile. Many deaths are only reported in local media, so monitoring all those newspapers would take quite some doing.
Here's an example of a driver death:
A sad story, especially if the child is related to the driver.
Oliver Schick
@skydancer
Thanks for posting this Oliver. I agree that there is definitely a lack of outrage and even coverage of deaths of people while walking. I suppose peds aren't represented as well by campaigning orgs like people who ride bikes, nor do peds feel a sense of being 'in it together', being a sub-culture.
While I have ambiguous feeling about our black logo, white ghost bikes and die-ins marking tragic deaths of cyclists, your point about reducing road danger for everyone is valid, as is improving our spaces so everyone can move around without fear.
Do you know if there is a public record, log, commemoration of anyone who dies at the hands of drivers in London? (Apart from the official KSI stats published by the police/TfL). We know how many cyclists have died so far this year, how many people have been killed on London roads since January?