Much of the street research for LondonRemembers is done by bike. 820 cyclists were killed or seriously injured in 2009 on roads in Britain. Many of these deaths are avoidable. Many of the drivers of the motor vehicles involved received minimal, if any, legal penalty.
2012 documentary (12 mins).
This page, 'cyclist deaths', links together all the memorials that we have found for cyclists killed on London roads - too many.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Cyclist deaths
For more information about this hero click on the picture of his plaque.
Andrew Behan has researched this man: Kenneth Gerald Salvesen was born on 1 October 1952 in New York City, New York, USA. On 16 July 1977 he married Karen J. Bohren in Contra Costa County, Californ...
Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 3 months. Buried in grave 5 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.
Crew member of the 'Olga'. Died during the voyage bringing Cleopatra's Needle to London.
