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This was sent to a journalist who wrote an article about Eilidh's inquest... he kindly forwarded it on to us.
Dear Sir,
In you article about road safety yesterday you quote the figure that
lorries account for 45 per cent of all London cyclist deaths, yet
represent only five per cent of road traffic.
May I point out that 100% of cyclists were involved in the above fatal
incidents, and I presume 100% of them saw the truck before the accident.
The simple way for cyclists to reduce the number of road deaths is to
stay well clear of HGVs.
Regards
Christopher Walton