The cyclist hit by a left-turning coach at Holborn last week has died of his injuries. Francis Golding, 69, was hit on Thursday evening at the junction of Southampton Row and Vernon Place.
Mr Golding was taken to St Mary's Hospital for treatment, but was pronounced dead at the hospital on the evening of Friday 8 November.
He is the tenth cyclist to die on London’s roads so far this year and the third since 2007 to be killed at this junction.
The coach and Mr Golding are believed to have both been turning left toward Euston at the time of the crash.
Sainsbury’s security officer Omar Sillah said: “I heard a bang and I rushed out to see what was happening. I saw the man on the floor bleeding. His body wasn’t moving.”
Metropolitan police said that the coach stopped at the scene, but the driver was not arrested.
Francis Golding was an architecture expert and planning consultant who was head of the Royal Fine Art Commission 1995-1999.
Most recently Mr Golding worked as a townscape consultant, advising architects and developers on how new buildings should fit in with their surroundings.
Police have appealed for witnesses. The collision is being investigated by officers from the Road Death Investigation Unit at Northolt.
Anyone who can assist is asked to contact the appeal line 020 8842 1817.
9 thoughts on “Architect Francis Golding, injured at Holborn last week, dies of injuries”
Horrific. What is it with
Horrific. What is it with the Holburn area. Surely Road Transport needs to pull their finger out, this area is lethal.
Simmo72 wrote:Horrific. What
Exactly. It’s the 3rd death at that junction since 2007 and just down the road from this one in July.
http://road.cc/content/news/88554-holborn-death-cyclist-named-alan-neve
TfL and the Mayor make all the right noises but action to improve things is moving way too slowly
I don’t want to predjudice
I don’t want to predjudice any trial, but.
You can see in a few months, it was a tragic accident, one of those things, nothing could have been done to prevent it….
HOW MANY MORE!!!!!!!!!
mrmo wrote:I don’t want to
That area is especially lethal for female cyclists. Nothing will change until people shut down that junction and force TfL to deal with it. Keep shutting it down every week in the morning then in the evening on a regular basis.
Oh man that’s awful news.
Oh man that’s awful news. Will it ever end. If this junction has issues regarding cyclist then surely after 3 fatalities it really ought to be sorted, anything else is neglectful.
Use flashing lights, viz and careful cycling and avoid these troubles…better to arrive a minute late than never.
At the moment Holborn Circus
At the moment Holborn Circus is a bit of a mess with road works. Maybe they are trying to make the junction safer. One can only speculate as to what happened here – but a left turning long-vehicle is sadly a common factor in London cycling deaths.
It is not the same as the junction where the other cyclist was killed several months back. That was just towards the Kingsway/Southampton Row end of things (where the A40 meets High Holborn). But I believe it has been involved in other deaths. When my offices were based there one of my colleagues came into work saying that she had seen the results of an accident.
The one thing I would say about the junction is that the volume of traffic is high, and the complexity of the junction is too (it used to be a roundabout, but now is effectively a six point junction) which is no doubt confusing to lots of people.
I remember watching a program about Cambridge Circus – it was the no. 1 black spot for pedestrian deaths, primarily for the same reason. It is not a simple four point junction and cars can be coming from many different directions. The situation is similar is that both ‘circuses’ used to be roundabouts of sorts, but have changed to junctions.
My condolences to the bereaved.
Colin Peyresourde wrote:
It
I didn’t say it was – but that whole area is a mess though. Confusing road layouts and signage produces unpredictable driving from everyone (incvluding cyclists) – even worse than central London norms
Very few large vehicles
Very few large vehicles attempt to turn left at this junction it is well below the ‘standard’ 6 metre radius for the kerb at the corner. The problem for large vehicles is however that the other core routes North are Tottenham Court Road (bedlam even without the current road works), and Grays Inn Road (another lousy left turn).
The only safe way to turn left for Euston with a large vehicle is to carry on over to Theobalds Road and do a circuit round via Proctor Street/Red Lion Square and turn right from High Holborn into Kingsway. However when congestion is at its worst that could easily add 10-15 minutes to a journey, so guess what…
OK, so I guess it’s time to
OK, so I guess it’s time to start a petition to get the Mayor of London to resign. Perhaps then he’ll realize what his job is. One is too much, but ten?
I really wonder just what the death toll has to be until they realize that they need to make London safe for cyclists.