2009-11-11 - Rider Down/Fatality, Southampton Row/CSM

my heart goes out to her family and friends x

have some horrible news, i'm afraid - this cyclist died on monday (23/11/09) from her injuries.
fucking sad.
she is a friend of a friend and i have no other details but have sent her this site.
:(

i know, that's why i'm pleading for information to go to the authorities so they may release her and her family can have some closure

to all that read these forums, please, ask your friends if they use this route, if anyone saw anything, please contact the authorities

Dreadfully sorry to hear of this unfortuate loss of life.

RIP

So sorry to hear this awful news. My best wishes to her family and friends.

RIP fellow cyclist.

Very sad to hear to that.. Did you know her, tisraining? Does anyone know what happened with the tipped bus?

Very depressing. I hope police will find the witnesses.

Bad, bad news. I pass this junction every day, and have made the turning Ed describes on many occasions. RIP.

Very sad to hear to that.. Did you know her, tisraining? Does anyone know what happened with the tipped bus?

pm sending

I have no details on the accident.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23775971-talented-fashion-student-is-12th-london-cyclist-killed-this-year.do

Get ready for the usual arseholes with thier anti-cyclist rants.

I can see this junction from my office, isn't it the same spot another cyclist got killed a few months ago?

RIP

You mean last year with an HGV (turning left), but the collison pattern is different as she was pretty much right on the crossing outside CSM on theobald road, poor girl.

Wan-Chen McGuinness was killed their sep 08 by a left turning lorry, it's a horrible junction

Very very sad! Thoughts are with her family

RiP

You mean last year with an HGV (turning left), but the collison pattern is different as she was pretty much right on the crossing outside CSM on theobald road, poor girl.

So this wasn't actually on the junction but the set of lights 10/15 foot past the junction?

Okay to put it very clearly, this is where I saw the bus that was jacked up when I cycle past by;

Shit news, again

RIP :-(

so sorry to hear this very sad news

thoughts are with Dorothy's family and friends

Okay to put it very clearly, this is where I saw the bus that was jacked up when I cycle past by;

the fatality last year was where Vernon place meets southampton Row (bottom left on that pic above) very tight railing and high curb.

Last night at 11.30 I saw a lots of police cars, fire engine, and a double decker bus tilted on one side

Ed, can you remember the number of the bus route?

Oliver - the story that is linked to above says bus 98

Condolences to the girl and her family.

I can also see that intersection from my window and I cycle through there every day. It is a nucking futz place. Ride safe all.

Oliver - the story that is linked to above says bus 98

Thanks, Chris, missed that.

The 98 terminates there--just metres away from the collision spot.

Speculating, the driver may have pulled into the stop too fast.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23775971-talented-fashion-student-is-12th-london-cyclist-killed-this-year.do

Get ready for the usual arseholes with thier anti-cyclist rants.

I can see this junction from my office, isn't it the same spot another cyclist got killed a few months ago?

RIP

Yvonne, Doncaster seems to be winning in the thoughtless comments race.

RIP young lady.

New MPS press release

Traffic officers are appealing for witnesses and information after a cyclist died following a collision with a bus in central London.

Police were called at approx 23:00hrs on Wednesday 11 November to reports of a bus and a cyclist in collision on Southampton Row, at the junction with in Theobalds Road WC1.

Officers, Ambulance Service and Fire Brigade all attended and the discovered a woman suffering serious injuries.

The woman was treated at the scene before being taken to Royal London Hospital in a critical condition.

She was later transferred to the St George's Hospital where she died on Sunday 22 November.

She was Dorothy Rose Elder, 22 (14/11/86), a student living in Whitechapel.

An inquest opened at St Pancras Coroner's Court on 25 November and adjourned to 1 June 2010.

The incident is being investigated by the Collision Investigation Unit at Euston Traffic Garage.

Collision Investigators are keen to keen for any witnesses that were in and around the area at the time of the incident. In particular they are keen to hear from a Hackney Carriage driver and his fares who where dropped of near the scene around the time of the collision.

Any witness or anyone with any information is asked to call the dedicated witness line on 020 7388 6806; if you wish to remain anonymous please call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Really sorry to hear this. Dorothy was only 22...
My thoughts and prayers are with her family.

This is terrible news. RIP