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hi, i have to agree with oliver: no inference at all can be made about what happened from what is reported in the papers, and it is much more likely that the woman was just careless and did not look before opening her door rather than maliciously was trying to knock off and kill a cyclist, as suggested by several of the posters on this forum. unfortunately, in incidents such as this, there are many victims - most of them are hidden, even if people like to focus on the obvious one.
as a separate comment, i am pleased to say that cyclists being killed in this manner (i.e. getting knocked off by people opening their car doors) has not been a common cause of death in london in the past. however, with various changes over the years, it is likely to become relatively more frequent... but i guess this is not the place to discuss statistics.
in any case, my condolences to James Darby's family.