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Cyclist deaths

Categories: Tragedy

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

Commemorated ati

Antony "Smudge" Smith

In memory, Smudge, 1971 - 2008

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Brian Dorling

Diamond Geezer posted photos of the bike on 19 April 2012.

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Dr Clive Richards

Dr Clive Richards

Retired GP killed by a lorry while cycling, at 9.40am on a Monday.  The driver stopped but was not arrested.  Dr Richards lived in Whetstone, had worked as a GP at the Hornsey Rise Health Centre ...

Person, Cyclist, Tragedy

1 memorial
Mihaela Otto

Mihaela Otto

Mihaela Draganescu was born on 18 December 1958 in Romania who came to the UK in 1984. She was briefly married but when the marriage broke down she retained her married surname of Otto. Living in M...

Person, Tragedy, Romania

3 memorials
Gamze Gunöral

Gamze Gunöral

Gamze Gunöral was born on 4 June 1981 in Kadikoy, Istanbul, Turkey. She had only been in the UK for a few months as a student to learn English and was living with her aunt in Totteridge, north Lond...

Person, Tragedy, Turkey

3 memorials
William Gibson

William Gibson

Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Martin Burgess

Martin Burgess

Died, aged 31, when a construction crane crashed, along with Peter Clark and Michal Whittard. The BBC reported on the inquest. The crane was on the construction site for the HSBC skyscraper in Can...

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial