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Cyclist, 45, dies after Central London bus collisionJunction of Strand and Arundel Street (source Google Street View).PNG

Cyclist, 45, dies after Central London bus collision

The man, who was taken to hospital by air ambulance on Saturday, has died of his injuries
by Laura Laker
Mon, Jun 06, 2016 09:33
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A cyclist has died following a collision with a bus in central London.

The 45-year-old man suffered a head injury following a collision with the number 15 bus on the Strand.

He was rushed to hospital following the collision, which occurred just after 5pm on Saturday 4th June at the junction with Arundel Street, WC1, and died on Sunday evening.

A post mortem examination will take place in “due course”, reports the Evening Standard.

The man’s family have been informed. He has not yet been formally identified by police but has been named as Dan Cash Stephenson.

The bus driver stopped at the scene and is helping police with their investigation. No arrests were made.

Detectives from the Roads and Transport Policing Command have appealed for information and witnesses to the crash.

Witnesses are requested to call the Metropolitan Police’s Merton Traffic Garage on 0208 543 5157 or the charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111. 

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Laura Laker

Laura Laker is a freelance journalist with more than a decade’s experience covering cycling, walking and wheeling (and other means of transport). Beginning her career with road.cc, Laura has also written for national and specialist titles of all stripes. One part of the popular Streets Ahead podcast, she sometimes appears as a talking head on TV and radio, and in real life at conferences and festivals. She is also the author of Potholes and Pavements: a Bumpy Ride on Britain’s National Cycle Network.

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A V Lowe | 8 years ago
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One thing that has to be done here is for the Police and the principal client (lets nail that responsibility back to TfL here and NOT the bus operator) produce a non judgemental  statement of facts. 

The bus involved was a New Bus for London (Borismaster) on route 15 coming from Liverpool Street (straight through this junction*) the victim's direction of travel is not at present known.

*Traffic signals from The Aldwych and Arundel Street show stop aspect when traffic is moving in this direction, and both show green simultaneously (making the exit from The Aldwych 'challenging' for cyclists, as a number of bus routes then move rapidly to the left for bus stop R and the next bus stop(S))

Route 15 buses pull in to the left at bus stop R immediately across the junction.

Curiously, whilst the pictures show the street taped off for Police investigations (so very shortly after the crash) there is no sign of the bus.  Was it moved or did the driver fail to stop immediately the collision occurred?

Those who are aware of the detail in other collisions might want to report the observed distance that the truck or bus travelled after the initial impact.  In far too many cases this is 20 metres or more.  At one inquest we heard that the truck driver travelled 49 metres after the fatal impact at 13 mph - hardly an emergency stop?  The recent crashes (fatal pedestrian -  Victoria / trapped leg cyclist - Paddington) both show that the truck drivers stopped quickly, at the moment of impact. Let the investigation determine whether the drivers should have seen the potential collision in advance, but at least they reacted appropriately when it happened.   

 

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Bakugekiki | 8 years ago
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Hits home.

I work in WC1, my initial thought is that either bus or bike would have to RLJ for them to come into contact; both junctions are controlled by lights.

The bit I find tricky is where Aldwych merges with the Strand, you often get vehicles fighting for the lane despite lights contolling the flow.

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whars1 | 8 years ago
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My thoughts are with his family and friends.  

I ride around that area regularly and it's a horribly designed set of roads and junctions.

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zanf replied to whars1 | 8 years ago
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whars1 wrote:

My thoughts are with his family and friends.  

I ride around that area regularly and it's a horribly designed set of roads and junctions.

That particular bit is, as demonstrated, lethal.

You have lights controlling the traffic round from the top of Alwych but nothing controlling the merging traffic coming from Arundel Street/Strand, and you get a lot of RLJing and amber gambling vehicles!

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Paul_C replied to zanf | 8 years ago
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zanf wrote:

whars1 wrote:

My thoughts are with his family and friends.  

I ride around that area regularly and it's a horribly designed set of roads and junctions.

That particular bit is, as demonstrated, lethal.

You have lights controlling the traffic round from the top of Alwych but nothing controlling the merging traffic coming from Arundel Street/Strand, and you get a lot of RLJing and amber gambling vehicles!

there are lights controlling traffic exiting Arundel street... or are they only lights for the pedestrian crossing?

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tritecommentbot | 8 years ago
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Horrible waste of life. So avoidable.

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