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Holborn gyratory

Marta Krawiec (picture via Metropolitan Police).PNG

Lorry driver jailed over “highly dangerous manoeuvre” that killed cyclist at notorious junction and sparked safe streets protest

HGV driver Kevin Allen was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison after he failed to indicate before making a left turn at Holborn gyratory, killing Dr Marta Krawiec as she cycled to work at Evelina London Children's Hospital

Tue, Feb 20, 2024 10:55
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Marta Krawiec (picture via Metropolitan Police).PNG

Killer lorry driver faces trial after prosecution rejects guilty plea

Kevin Allen admits causing death of Dr Marta Krawiec by careless driving but will stand trial on more serious dangerous driving charge

Fri, Mar 10, 2023 12:46
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Marta Krawiec (picture via Metropolitan Police).PNG

Lorry driver charged 18 months after crash that killed children’s doctor at “infamously hostile” junction

A 68-year-old HGV driver has been charged with causing the death by dangerous driving of Dr Marta Krawiec, who was cycling to work at St Thomas’s Hospital when she was killed on London’s Holborn gyratory

Mon, Feb 27, 2023 12:55
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1 millionth Oxford Road cycle journey – Chris Boardman (credit – Chris Foster).jpg

From Highway Code changes to Active Travel England – the big cycling campaigning stories of 2022

As a turbulent year in politics nears its end, we look back at some of the highlights for active travel, as well as Grant Shapps going spectacularly off-brief

Tue, Dec 27, 2022 17:51
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High Holborn proposals looking west towards Holborn Underground Station

Council green-lights safety changes to London’s lethal Holborn gyratory

Consultation found more than two thirds of respondents support overhaul of junction where a number of cyclists have lost their lives

Thu, Dec 15, 2022 13:26
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Proctor Street proposals

Camden opens “urgent” consultation on changes to notorious Holborn gyratory

Have your say on proposals for area where eight cyclists have been killed in recent years

Thu, Oct 20, 2022 15:36
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Holborn Gyratory (copyright Simon MacMichael)

Sadiq Khan admits Transport for London funding crunch means it is “extremely difficult” to make Holborn Gyratory safer for cyclists

Two cyclists have lost their lives on Holborn Gyratory within the past six months

Tue, Mar 29, 2022 19:07
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The site in Holborn where Dr Peter Fisher was killed in August 2018 (copyright Simon MacMichael)

Cyclist killed in collision involving a lorry on London’s Holborn gyratory – the eighth since 2008

London Cycling Campaign announced that a vigil will be held in Holborn on Friday evening

Tue, Mar 01, 2022 13:59
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Southampton Row and Theobald’s Road junction (copyright Simon MacMichael).JPG

Camden Council announces permanent safety changes to protect cyclists at Holborn “killer junction”

Emergency measures were first introduced in September following the death of children’s doctor Marta Krawiec, the fourth cyclist since 2008 to have been killed at the Southampton Row and Theobald’s Road junction

Fri, Jan 21, 2022 17:34
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LCC safer junctions petition download

7,500 sign petition urging Sadiq Khan to make London’s junctions safer for cyclists

“It is now time for action not excuses,” says Assembly Member Caroline Pidgeon, who will deliver petition to the mayor at City Hall

Fri, Oct 29, 2021 10:26
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