2013-11-12 - Rider Down/Fatality, Cherry Orchard / Addiscombe Road (London)

My cousin is a journalist in Croydon and has just tweeted about a crash involving a cyclist and a 410 bus near East Croydon station. Looks like it could be very serious...
https://twitter.com/Gareth_Davies09 Now reported as a fatality :-(

Now reported:
http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/BREAKING-Collision-cyclist-bus-near-East-Croydon/story-20066598-detail/story.html

I've avoided going anywhere near central Croydon on a bike since the trams went in, those tracks are terrifying.

Another fatality. RIP male cyclist.
http://www.itv.com/news/london/story/2013-11-12/cyclist-bus-collision-in-se11/

Yes, confirmed by the Met as a fatality. The 3rd in one week on London's roads. Too shocking.

Rest in peace unknown rider, my thoughts are with your family and loved ones.

Rest in peace. My thoughts are with your loved ones.

RIP rider. Thoughts with family and friends.

Truly horrible.
Three in a year is unacceptable but three in a week is beyond words.

RIP cyclist.

RIP

Hope something can be done soon.

My condolences

RIP rider. I can't believe another death in such a short time.

The press report it as the 11th death this year and compare it to the 14 in 2012. We are not in retail trying to beat last year's numbers. The target should be 0 and anything above that is a tragedy for someone's family and friends.

So sorry for everyone who cared about this man... my thoughts are with you.

RIP , none of these terrible deaths this week should have happened

Fuck. This is absurd. RIP rider, so sorry.

RIP rider. I can't believe another death in such a short time.

The press report it as the 11th death this year and compare it to the 14 in 2012. We are not in retail trying to beat last year's numbers. The target should be 0 and anything above that is a tragedy for someone's family and friends.

So sorry for everyone who cared about this man... my thoughts are with you.

RIP. Tragic.

On the bad reporting note - on a basic level of comparability, the stats should be over the same period of time, not a full year compared to less than a year. I know like this sounds like pointless pedantry, but I'm an editor who makes a lot of year on year comparisons and I know which is intellectually honest and which is bullshit pseudo-stats. It's shitty, lazy writing and it really misconstrues the statistics. What if the casualty rate is higher in November and December when it's darker for longer? This is why the comparison has to be exactly like for like. Otherwise it's bullshit spin.

Pedantic editor rant about bad news writing over. At the end of the day the number should be zero.

Rest in peace.

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RIP. Tragic.
the number should be zero.

This.

More. Too many So so many

R.I.P. Rider.

My thoughts to family and friends.

Three in a year is unacceptable but three in a week is beyond words.

Rest In Peace, fellow cyclist.

RIP, hate this news, seems to occur much too frequently

:( Condolences to family, RIP cyclist

Horrible news yet again, RIP cyclist.

I used to live on Cherry Orchard road many years back and know that part of the road well.
Awful news. Graphic photos. :(
Thoughts with the riders family and friends.
RIP.

RIP rider

My condolences go out to this rider's friends and family.