Collision with HGV

Cyclist who lost her leg after being run over by lorry driver “trying to save a couple of minutes” calls for HGVs to be banned from “unsuitable” road – before “something worse happens”

The former triathlete lost her leg in the same place where runner Peter Day was killed by a lorry driver after in 2018, which “was designed back in the days of horse and carriage”

Mon, Sep 15, 2025 15:07
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“There’s safety in numbers”: Parents of cyclist killed by lorry driver call for “more people to get on bikes” and safer infrastructure, branding crash junction “an accident waiting to happen”

Emma Burke Newman’s parents have urged motorists to pay more attention to vulnerable road users, including by staying clear of bike boxes, after a HGV driver was given 100 hours of community work for the cyclist’s death

Sat, Mar 23, 2024 13:34
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HGV driver given community sentence for running over and killing 22-year-old cyclist waiting at red light

Emma Burke Newman was a student in Glasgow, who was dragged for more than 50 metres after the lorry driver crossed a cycle space line and didn’t see her

Fri, Mar 22, 2024 11:29
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HGV driver assisting police with enquiries as 13-year-old boy cycling to school tragically killed in collision

The teenager suffered multiple injuries and was confirmed dead at the scene

Thu, Sep 14, 2023 12:26
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Dame Sarah Storey slams drivers who turn “a blind eye to yet another death”, asks for progress after three HGV crashes with cyclists in a day — two of them fatal

The British Paralympian and Greater Manchester’s active travel commissioner said that she felt “sick” after a cyclist died on road she frequently uses, and that “deterrents to dangerous and anti-social behaviour in a vehicle are clearly not severe enough”

Thu, May 25, 2023 10:55
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London cyclist killed in lorry crash in Hammersmith & Fulham

Fatal crash happened near West Kensington Underground Station

Thu, Dec 15, 2022 21:06
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Five year old killed in crash involving bin lorry while riding bike

Fatal collision happened in Walsall yesterday on road described as “dangerous” by one local

Mon, Jul 18, 2022 12:34
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Husband of Boris Johnson’s key aide fighting for his life after collision with lorry driver

Alex Finn, who is married to Downing Street deputy chief of staff Baroness Finn, was cycling through Primrose Hill before colliding with a lorry driver on Thursday morning

Sun, Aug 15, 2021 09:26
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Boss of lorry firm killed in collision involving one of his own trucks

The driver of the lorry heard 'shouting and screaming' and got out of his truck to discover he had run over his boss

Sun, Apr 11, 2021 13:23
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Cyclist killed in collision involving lorry at one of London’s most notorious junctions

Fatal crash tool place this morning outside Holborn Underground station, where Alan Neve was killed in 2013

Wed, Aug 15, 2018 14:37
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