Non-cycling crashes that deserve attention

I worked at South Quay in '96 when that numpty drove into Blackwall in a truck that was too high. Tower Bride was closed at the same time I think. East London was gridlocked for 24 hours.

Yet another crash on Brixton Hill:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/brixton-hill-crash-driver-taken-to-hospital-after-car-and-bus-smash-on-south-london-road-a3258961.html

Almost a crash on the same bit of road a few days ago, so many irresponsible drivers about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1_qRSYo6Qg

And this, close to Brixton Hill:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/boy-8-taken-to-hospital-after-hitandrun-in-brixton-a3258986.html

A hit-and-run after hitting a small child.

Like 50 yards from that just the other side of the school.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/boy-10-fighting-for-life-in-hospital-after-hitandrun-in-south-london-a3211786.html

A very sad pedestrian death:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/wanstead-high-street-crash-pensioner-dies-after-being-hit-by-car-at-zebra-crossing-a3260321.html

It shouldn't make any difference, but to have lived to 90 and then to be killed like that ...

In addition to the three cyclist deaths and serious injuries recently, there have also been a lot of pedestrian deaths, affecting all ages.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/woman-73-hit-by-bus-in-oxford-street-dies-in-hospital-a3260636.html

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/leamouth-crash-teenager-killed-in-lorry-crash-in-east-london-a3260751.html

The article about the teenager doesn't say whether he was on foot or on a bike, but I suppose we'll soon find out.

I think a pedestrian's been killed by a cement lorry outside my work just now. Buckingham Palace Road is closed off by Victoria Coach Station. Looks like it happened near the pedestrian refuge/island in the middle.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/man-dies-after-being-hit-by-a-lorry-near-victoria-coach-station-a3261511.html

I went past just after it happened emergency services giving CPR to the man on the floor, cement lorry stopped in the junction. Horrible.
The lorry was travelling south on BPR.

Yet another pedestrian death:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/deptford-crash-pedestrian-dies-and-driver-arrested-after-creek-road-bridge-accident-a3263941.html

This is in addition to the riders killed recently. :(

Not London, but this forum has members in the Isle of Man, too ( @andy.w ). Yet more deaths in the Isle of Man:

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/05/two-isle-of-man-tt-riders-killed-in-accidents

There are deaths in the IoM TT very regularly.

Not great reading.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Snaefell_Mountain_Course_fatalities

This only shows those involved in the races, not the spectators, locals, and tourists that got a little caught up in things.
6 in total so far this year.

Thanks, I knew there were a lot of victims, but I didn't know how many. It seems like the number one IoM road danger reduction issue?

Three years and seven months for this driver:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/shortsighted-city-worker-left-woman-dying-in-road-after-crash-a3265281.html

No license / insurance and (knowingly?) can't see properly, yet still 'only' qualifies as careless driving. Makes me wonder what he would have to have done for a dangerous driving charge. The law, as ever, is an ass.

This is a bad time for pedestrian crashes:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/female-pedestrian-seriously-injured-after-horrific-crash-on-the-north-circular-a3265266.html

The A406 North Circular Road is, of course, very difficult to cross on foot.

Indeed,
It's our biggest and arguably our only tourist attraction, and no national speed limit/watch where you want is part of the attraction.

New sponsors next year which may see a few changes for the racers but not for when the roads are open to the public.

A nice article.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/nancy-atkinsonturner/the-pendulum_b_10453544.html

A crash noteworthy for yet another reason:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jul/03/london-ambulance-has-tyres-slashed-at-scene-of-road-accident

The mind boggles.

Thanks for the link. I understand that for motorsport fans it's a great spectacle, but I find the death toll invalidates all that. It's almost as if the deaths have become routine there.

Very much so.
We do home stay and so far have been lucky, the visitors staying next door lost one of their friends this year about 6 hours after they arrived.
My better half met them outside the hospital, heartbreaking scenes. I didn't envy them in making the phone calls they had to make.
They've agreed to be part of the road safety campaign for next years event.

Oh God, that's awful.

This years poster.

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It's very clear that there is much work required, still.

Not sure if this is the right place to leave this, but this campaign seems to be gaining a bit of media attention. The views of the parents in this case mirror a lot of what people say "on here" about killer drivers. I hope they manage to achieve some progress.