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@Greasy_Slag
There is accurate information about for most cycle deaths in public press, it doesn't take much to get the exact spot on the road should you need that. but why would you need that?
How many times a week do you ride past a spot that a cyclist was killed? How many cyclists have been killed in Zone 1 in the last 5 years? How many in the borough of Camden? do the numbers of deaths relate back to the boroughs efforts in improving road safety??
Having a map peppered with coloured dots highlights visually the numbers that actually die on roads we share every year, its more than you think
Visuals and stats are one thing news and politicians can get hold of and use to beat each other, if it highlights the risks on London roads then it's worth doing.
If some gluttonous up French cosmetics company can litter out screens with bottles of re-constituted pig fat with the active scientific ingredient *fillup crackus wrinklyfuckus** then i am sure a map that shows cycle deaths accurate to the nearest 10 meters isn't going to put us inside for mis-information and false advertising
** based on a controlled group of 100 users given it for free who work for them*