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@t.o.
the pavement is quite wide, maybe they could narrow it and put a line of three or four large, well-anchored iron bollards about a metre away from the kerb into the road. Then lorries/cars/buses would be forced to take a wider arc around the corner, and the bollards would protect cyclists/pedestrians.
i don't think i've ever seen this anywhere though - perhaps there is a reason it has not been implemented (e.g. because cars might go straight in to the bollards...)
i have had to step back often while standing waiting to cross at the pedestrian crossing as lorries/buses misjudge the corner and come up onto the pavement.