2018-08-28 Pedestrian down (fatality, hit by cyclist), Kingsland High Street

The duty to report only applies to drivers of 'mechanically propelled vehicles'.

I didn’t know this

It's the basis of the controversial Road.cc. article linked to above.

And it's worth noting that in the Alliston case he was given precisely zero credit for stopping at the scene when he wasn't legally obliged to.

Unfortunately this poor woman has now died https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-45497026

I’m starting to feel sorry for the panicky rider, despite their dodgy leaving the scene.

This incident is a string of very poor decision making (by both parties).

Nonetheless, very tragic and avoidable.

Very, very sad and Batt is spot on.

Jesus. Poor woman.

RIP Sakine.

I've edited the thread title. Very sad news, although expected.

Evening Standard article:

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/dalston-crash-woman-56-dies-after-collision-with-cyclist-in-east-london-a3933736.html

Guardian:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/sep/12/woman-dies-after-hit-and-run-involving-electric-bike-in-london

The picture indicates that this happened on or near the pedestrian crossing between traid and Jidori restaurant.

From the article:

“He was detained by the Met Police on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm as well as failing to stop and report a collision.”

So being detained for failing to stop and report goes against the other comments that stoping and reporting is not a legal requirement?

"suspicion" - plod ain't always the best when it comes to knowledge of the law...

I'd hazard a guess that its just that the police aren't lawyers. He was detained and released, not charged.

Edit: beaten to it

These are probably just the initial charges. Charges can change as the investigation progresses.

The Guardian (link above) doesn't report the 'failing to stop' charge:

A day after the incident, a 30-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm under section 35 of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act – “injuring persons by furious driving” – after he contacted police. He has since been released under investigation.

Incredibly sad news, can only imagine how the woman's friends and family are feeling....

It’s a question that doesn’t seem to have any basis in fact. No-one could know if the bike had been chipped or not, and the suspicion that it had been seems to have come from just rumour.

But yes, it’s a grim incident :(

I've replied in the 'Electric bikes' thread and have edited my post above, as we shouldn't use this one for discussion (as I should have remembered earlier).

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/164941/

Hackney Gazette:

http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/crime-court/dalston-crash-sakine-cihan-56-dies-after-cyclist-hit-and-run-in-kingsland-high-street-1-5691516

I think the saddest thing is that I (and I imagine others are maybe doing the same or similar) see incidents like this and the first thing that comes to mind is, I wonder what the outcome will be for the cyclist.

People shouldn't have to die for us to know whether or not the justice system works.

(My thoughts having watched the video of the incident) Looked to me like concussion and survival mode. He must have gone down hard.

Ped 100% at fault, I’m afraid there’s no sympathy from me. She could have killed an innocent cyclist.

A follow-up story in the Standard that doesn't seem to add anything beyond surmising that she was the first person in the UK to be killed by the rider of an electric bike and that she lived in Dalston. No need to click, just included for completeness' sake.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/dalston-crash-woman-56-dies-after-collision-with-cyclist-in-east-london-a3933736.html

More background on Sakine Cihan:

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/ebike-crash-victim-s-organs-donated-to-transplant-patients-as-family-mourn-a3935881.html

The media spin is just amazing.