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@Oliver Schick
I think that while seeing these 'Rider Down' threads is upsetting, it's good that people are paying attention to what's going on. Even though these incidents appear here without being put into perspective, it is worth remembering that Londoners make millions of journeys every day, and cycle journeys account for more than five hundred thousand--by conservative estimates. There are probably many more than that. That doesn't make each individual incident any better. They have to be reduced and what the Transport Select Committee recently called 'the culture of complacency' must be ended. But progress is currently being made every year, and the more modal shift occurs towards pedal cycling, the safer things are becoming.