CASE STUDIES

Joan, in her early 60’s, was cycling in August 2013 on her way to her voluntary work at Amnesty International when a passenger from an Addison Lee taxi cab opened the rear right side passenger door giving her no chance of avoiding the collision. She hit the door with such force that she was knocked unconscious and was lying prone in the middle of the busy Kingsland Road in Shoreditch.

She hit the door with such force that she was knocked unconscious and was lying prone in the middle of the busy Kingsland Road in Shoreditch.

Sally (name has been changed ), a multi media producer in her late 30’s, was cycling from her job in Old St to her flat in Streatham in February 2012. She was travelling south on Cycle Superhighway 7.

She was travelling south on Cycle Superhighway 7.

Hilary Lee was cycling along Barnet High Street on 16 October 2012 when she was tragically killed by a HGV. She and the HGV were travelling in the same direction and the HGV was on her outside when it veered to the nearside to avoid a bus travelling in the opposite direction, causing her fatal injuries in the process.

She and the HGV were travelling in the same direction and the HGV was on her outside when it veered to the nearside to avoid a bus travelling in the opposite direction, causing her fatal injuries in the process.