2010-05-22 - Rider Down/Fatality, Vauxhall Bridge Rd

Another cement mixer? That's just great :o( There must be a correlation as to why it's usually construction vehicles (tipper trucks, cement mixers, skip wagons) as oppose say to a Tesco lorry. Charlie, do you have data on this that you might care to share?
This is one of the things we are looking at in Transport for London's Cycle Safety Working Group. We don't have hard data but my guess is that over 3/4 of the HGV related fatalities involve these sort of lorries. It may be that there are just more of them on the road in Central London than other lorries. Another factor is the high cab and driving position, in my opinion they are unneccesarily high. Many of the vehicles used are designed to an 'off road' spec and are unsuitable for urban work. It is similar to the 'chelsea tractor' phenomenon but the consequences are far worse.