2011-01-19 - Rider Down/Fatality, Carleton Road/Pleshey Road junction, Holloway

Just read about this sad news on twitter:

http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/cyclist_dies_in_holloway_collision_driver_arrested_1_778659

Does anyone have know of any further details?

jesus. not another.

thoughts and prayers with the dead rider, his friends and family.

i have written to my mp.

Terrible news. My thoughts are with the rider's loved ones. RIP.

What a shame, and in such a quiet road. Thoughts to the family and friends

sad news RIP

Such sad news. I love how much London is growing all the time as a cycling city. News like this is heartbreaking. RIP.

FFS

Yet again there will be scant info released about this.

RIP poor rider.

FFS

Yet again there will be sant info released about this.

RIP poor rider.

hey festus,

road peace are campaigning for improved crash investigations.

link below.

http://www.roadpeace.org/change/post-crash_response/improved_investigations/index.html

hey festus,

road peace are campaigning for improved crash investigations.

link below.

http://www.roadpeace.org/change/post-crash_response/improved_investigations/index.html

and also road peace campaigns for more effective inquests.

same link.

Tragic. RIP

RIP, desperate news.

Rip

I arrived at the scene not long after the incident. I was meeting someone to do a cycle training session, just as the police were removing evidence. Could not actually get to the front door of my trainee's house owing to the area being taped off. The officers I spoke to there were pretty tight lipped about what had occurred, but you could tell there had been a fatality. One PC did tell me a cyclist had died in an incident with a motor vehicle. Sad day. I read somewhere the cyclist was a Camden charity worker.

The policeman who told me a cyclist was dead said, in light of what had happened, that I should take care out there. Interesting... I replied I was a cycle instructor, and while there is always a safer way we can ride, his words were best used with motorists, who have the means to cause deadly harm in their hands. I think he saw my point, but still felt he thought the duty of safety was primarily on the cyclist.

RIP.

So sad
R.I.P

Terribly sad. RIP.

tragic...
and it's a relatively quiet residential area, too

not another one. Rest in peace.

Ride safe everybody.

Awful news. Rest in peace.

oy vay, not another...
RIP. thoughts and prayers with family.

Poor bloke, RIP, people should watch where they're going.

Colleague at my work, his flatmate just about saw the accident. He was cycling too when this gentlemen overtook him, then a few minutes up the road he’s at the scene where the accident had just occurred. Might very easily have been him. Terrible news.

RIP.

The cyclist has been named by the Police. Rest In Peace, Colin Hawkes
http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk:80/news/police_name_holloway_cycle_death_victim_1_779307

Driver was arrested on the scene, released on bail to return in May.

Awful news, RIP and condolences to the family.

Please be careful out there.

Rest in peace Colin.

I went past there at about 8:40, it's less than half a mile from home on my way to work. There were already several police cars and an ambulance in attendance. Obviously concerned at the time there might have been a cyclist involved, but it's such an unassuming road I thought it unlikely. I noticed flowers at the scene on the way home, but couldn't find any news online yesterday evening.

RIP