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its fucking piss poor design, which then combined with the users stupidity makes such accidents inevitable.
if you consider that wide mtb bars can be 750mm wide and that cyclists need to avoid pedal strike each bike will need 375mm (half a handlebar) plus say another 15cm for crank and pedal width (on the other side to avoid pedal strike), then add 50cm for each side for wobble room (and this is a fucking conservative estimate) and there is a clear argument that one cyclist needs at least 100cm of width for cyclists to pass each other, but this would be for people who don't wobble at all and have good bike handling and are comfortable having no margin for error as handlebars pass each other.
to be more realistic the recommended width for a 1 way cycle lane is 1.5m.
https://www.camcycle.org.uk/resources/cyclelanewidths/
sustrans given even more detail, see page 16 suggest 1.5m for a one way cycle lane and page 21 "Minimum 3m wide path (increase
width if heavy use expected) with 1m mown verges. Min 4m if used by groups of pedestrians or cyclists moving two abreast "
http://www.sustrans.org.uk/sites/default/files/file_content_type/sustrans_handbook_for_cycle-friendly_design_11_04_14.pdf