Comments on: King’s Cross / St. Pancras: Accidents waiting to happen

By: Corporate Manslaughter – is TfL a serial offender? « Cycling Intelligence

Corporate Manslaughter – is TfL a serial offender? « Cycling Intelligence — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:06:38 +0000

[...] about the appalling traffic situation around King’s Cross this April. In a blogpost entitled “King’s Cross / St. Pancras: Accidents waiting to happen” I came to a very similar conclusion: “It might be only a question of time until someone gets hit [...]

By: Cyclist Killed at King’s Cross – A predictable death « Cycling Intelligence

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 07:40:25 +0000

[...] proven proven right. This time, however, it is utterly frustrating and appalling. In April I wrote a blog post about the dangers for cyclists around King’s Cross / St. Pancras and stated: “It might be only a question of time until someone gets hit at King’s Cross / [...]

By: mmmeta.com (@mmmetacom)

mmmeta.com (@mmmetacom) — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:42:53 +0000

cyclist under truck today in Kings cross

http://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/cyclist-killed-at-kings-cross-lighthouse.281966/

By: alan

alan — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:00:25 +0000

Unfortunately a cyclist was killed today at Kings Cross, by a construction truck.

By: Daniel Zylbersztajn

Daniel Zylbersztajn — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:18:07 +0000

http://danielscounter.blogspot.com/2011/10/dangerous-tracks-woman-cyclist.html

Sadly somebody was probably killed today – on the york way / pentonville rd / euston rd junction

By: T23

T23 — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:18:38 +0000

I am sorry to say that the worst has happened and a female cyclist was killed at the next junction along today at 1130 approx. Very shocking. The incident involved a lorry or van, but i don’t know if it was part of the construction. Very sad.

By: alan

alan — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:51:05 +0000

Just passed through Kings Cross. There is what looks like a fatal road accident involving a cyclist and an aggregate lorry at the big junction between York Way, Euston Road and Pentonville Road. Whole junction cordoned off, blue police tent erected in the road and lots of ghouls taking mobile phone pictures.

By: Tonka

Tonka — Fri, 06 May 2011 16:41:56 +0000

The companies currently responsible for the construction works at the Kings Cross development are Network Rail, who are working on the station redevelopment and Argent King’s Cross Limited Partnership (backed by Argent Group plc) who are responsible for the development of the main site. The KX development size is very large and involves the redevelopment of 67 acre and the creation of 8 million sq ft (743,200 sqm) of mixed use space!

It is certainly a shame to see that the developers of the KX site don’t seem to have any interest in ensuring that the companies and their staff implementing the works, aren’t adequately trained to ensure the safety of other road users. More worryingly is that the development of Kings Cross is not only large (so there will be a heavy vehicle traffic around the site) but it is also a long term project and only due for completion in 2020.

Who knows how many accidents could occur in that time if the drivers of the construction vehicles have no respect for the more vulnerable road users.

By: livinginabox

livinginabox — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 07:31:48 +0000

Anyone who can’t understand what a painted outline of a bicycle is should be banned from driving.

By: citydreams

citydreams — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:54:47 +0000

fyi:
over 100 accidents on just four london bridges since August 2006

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/report_considering_the_benefits#incoming-167724