The Met Police will be holding it’s ‘Exchanging Places’ event for cyclists, on Monday 16 January, on the eastbound slip road to the roundabout close to M’scDonalds, between 7am and 10am. The event aims to reduce collisions between cyclists and HGVs. Cyclists will be given the chance to sit in the driver’s seat of a […]
Encouraging cyclists to safe cycling this winter, Hackney Council have co-ordinated an event, hosted by the Council’s Streetscene Team, in partnership with the Metropolitan Police. Cyclists can ride in and get a free, on-the-spot bike health check and free bike marking. They can also exchange places with an HGV driver to help them understand how […]
On the 11th July, 29 year old Daniel Barnes will compete in this years Etape du Tour ride to help raise money in memory of his friend Dan Cox, who was killed by a left-turning lorry in Dalston junction in February this year. Starting in Modane Valfréjus and covering 109km to the summit of Alpe […]
A police spokesman has confirmed that a female cyclist was hit by a lorry, at Old Street roundabout this morning (24 February) at about 7.40 am. After initial treatment from paramedics, she was transported to The Royal London Hospital with head and chest injuries, which has been described as life threatening. This is the second […]
A female cyclist in her 30’s has been injured after an HGV lorry collided with her bike, at the junction of Baldwin Street and City Road in EC1. The accident happened at approximately 8.50 am this morning. Police and emergency services were called. A police spokesperson said the cyclist was transported to a hospital with […]
The cyclist who lost his life after colliding with a lorry at Dalston Junction on 2 February has been identified as 28 yr-old Daniel Cox of Clapton. An inquest opened and adjourned at Poplar Coroner’s Court on Tuesday, 8 February. Mr. Cox was a graduate of Goldsmiths College and an art theorist, who worked part […]
Police and ambulance service were called at 4:45 pm after a male cyclist collided with a lorry on Kingsland Rd. He was rushed to an East London hospital, where he is said to be in a critical condition. Witnesses said he was hit by a left turning lorry ending with his bike going under the […]
National Rail and Transport for London (TFL) recently released their performance reports for the period of July to September 2010. For Hackney, this information is pertinent as most residents get about, using at least one if not more modes of public transport. The reports look at rail services by train operators: Heathrow Express, C2C, Chiltern, […]
You can say cycling has become second nature here in the borough of Hackney. According to London Cycling Campaign (LCC represents cyclists in London), not only does Hackney have the highest percentage of people cycling to work in London out of any London borough, but also an ever increasing amount of people taking to the […]
The female cyclist involved in Thursdays collision has been named as 24 year old Arina Romanova. She was travelling south in Navarino Road and the taxi was travelling along Graham Road, when the collision happened. Ms Romanova of Amhurst Road,who is a native of Latvia, arrived in London in June and was on her way […]
