2011-10-03 - Rider Down/Fatality, Kings Cross

It's not the right thread for this, but if I could ask journalists three things when reporting on cycle crashes, it would be these:

(1) It is generally completely irrelevant whether a victim of a fatal or serious collision was wearing a helmet or not.

(2) 'The cyclist collided with the car' is not what is the case in 99% of incidents. It is mostly the driver's car that collided with the cyclist.

(3) Whether there was 'traffic chaos' in the area afterwards may be a fact, but not one that should be overplayed or even become the main angle of your article.

This is very sad news and my smpathy goes out to the girls family and friends but after reading your post.

It's not generally completly irrelevent whether a victim of a fatal or serious collision was wearing a helmet or not especially. If the rider died or suffered from head injurys.
I was involved in collision once and my head hit the windscreen,smashed it etc. i took my helmet off in 2 pieces. I guess without the helmet my head could have been in 2 pieces.