2017-01-04, Rider down, Aldgate East

Twitter full of reports of a cyclist hit by a lorry driver at Aldgate East. Fingers crossed for them.

oh no :(

Watching it from my office, involves an HGV :(

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/aldgate-crash-female-cyclist-rushed-to-hospital-after-crash-with-tipper-truck-in-whitechapel-high-a3432466.html

Thankfully not life threatening!
How long is this going to go on for until something changes.

If I recall correctly then this junction has claimed the lives of two cyclists in the past 5 years?

In any case, thoughts go out to the rider. Best wishes!

FORS sticker on the lorry I see.
Hope you're doing well, nameless rider.

Hope the Rider is ok, this morning one of these lorries passed me on the old Kent Road and it must of been doing 40mph absolute idiot....

When I saw this and photos of the scene on Twitter, I feared the worst. That is a horrible junction.

Hopes are with the rider for a swift and full recoovery.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5190345/London-cyclist-describes-moment-thought-die.html#ixzz51klwAK83

The Metropolitan police were 'incorrectly informed' the accident 'was
not life-threatening or life-changing' so did not refer the case to
its collision department for investigation, Fieldfisher claims. They
were therefore unable to prosecute the driver, but the police witness
report did confirm the driver 'should have seen' the cyclist. In
their defence statement, the lorry driver said he did not see her in
his mirror, as it was only positioned to show the nearside of the HGV.

Simply appalling, the law requires all HGVs to have mirrors which show the roadway in front of the driver. The police must prosecute in cases like this if we are ever going to reduce the danger from HGVs.

also: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/london-cyclist-crushed-by-truck-i-took-what-i-thought-was-my-last-breath-a3721801.html
Note: the photo from the original ES story shows the lorry turning right into Commercial Street not Commercial Road