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She has been named as Marta Krawiec:
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/holborn-cyclist-death-transport-bosses-intersection-b949337.html
Very sorry to hear about your loss, @Matt.
The kerbline here is still as it was conceived many years ago, a fast, sweeping entry point to the Holborn one-way system, and its radius needs to be tightened (and, obviously, the one-way system needs to be returned to two-way operation). However, more questions should be asked about whether the lorry had been improved in line with the Direct Vision Standard (it is considerably quicker, easier, and cheaper to improve all lorries in this way than to rebuild most junctions, although the latter doesn't lose its importance).
https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/deliveries-in-london/delivering-safely/direct-vision-in-heavy-goods-vehicles
Regardless, it should not be left to horrible occasions like this for the topic to come up again, and anticipatory action should be stepped up to prevent recurrences.
RIP Marta Krawiec.