Brian Dorling
Brian Dorling
Monday, October 24, 2011
Age: 58
Location:
E3, Bow Flyover Roundabout, Cycle Super Highway 2
London
United Kingdom
From London Remembers
Killed by a tipper lorry on a Monday 8.30 am on his daily cycling
commute from Hounslow to his job as a senior cost consultant at the
Olympic site. The Met. Police say
"The male lorry driver stopped at the scene. He was arrested on
suspicion of causing death by careless driving and subsequently bailed
to return to an east London police in November pending further
enquiries."
Prior to Brian's death cyclists had already posted about how dangerously
non-super this cycling highway is. And a few weeks later Svitlana was killed on this same roundabout.
From the BBC
Bow Roundabout: Widow's plea to change cycle superhighway
Mr Dorling was an experienced cyclist who rode more than 200 miles (320 km) per week, a widow said
More
cyclists will die unless a busy road junction in east London is changed
immediately, the widow of one of two recent crash victims has said.
Debbie Dorling's husband Brian, 58, was killed on a cycling
superhighway at the Bow Roundabout on 24 October. A lorry driver was
arrested and bailed.
A 34-year-old woman died on the same stretch of the A11 on Friday afternoon.
Transport for London (TfL) said it was investigating the crashes, along with the police.
The road layout, with vehicles turning left across the cycle lane, was "a recipe for disaster", Mrs Dorling said.
"And it is a disaster for us," she added.
The superhighway is one of four which have been created
around London to encourage cycling, with a lane painted blue on the
left-hand side of the road.
'Just so needless'
Mrs Dorling, who lives in Hounslow, west London, said her
husband was an experienced cyclist who would ride about 200 miles
(320km) a week in the summer as he travelled to work.
He was killed after telling a colleague he was about to stop
cycling for the winter because the days were becoming far shorter, she
added.
"I think it's a definite design fault with the superhighway.
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Debbie Dorling thought there was "a definite design fault" with the superhighway where her husband died
"I don't know who designed it and how they got away with it, but what they're doing is mixing cyclists with a left-hand turn."
She went on: "It would appear that they've actually chosen speed of traffic over safety.
"When I look at the junction, it was just so needless.
"What possessed them to design it the way they have?"
The lorry driver detained over Mr Dorling's death was bailed until Friday.
Separately, a lorry driver was arrested after Friday's collision and bailed until 7 December.
TfL said there had been "an 18% fall in the number of
cyclists killed or seriously injured on London's roads in the last
decade, compared to TfL's baseline figures from the mid to late-1990s".
Monday, October 24, 2011
Age: 58
Location:
E3, Bow Flyover Roundabout, Cycle Super Highway 2
London
United Kingdom
From London Remembers
Killed by a tipper lorry on a Monday 8.30 am on his daily cycling
commute from Hounslow to his job as a senior cost consultant at the
Olympic site. The Met. Police say
"The male lorry driver stopped at the scene. He was arrested on
suspicion of causing death by careless driving and subsequently bailed
to return to an east London police in November pending further
enquiries."
Prior to Brian's death cyclists had already posted about how dangerously
non-super this cycling highway is. And a few weeks later Svitlana was killed on this same roundabout.
From the BBC
Bow Roundabout: Widow's plea to change cycle superhighway
Mr Dorling was an experienced cyclist who rode more than 200 miles (320 km) per week, a widow said
More
cyclists will die unless a busy road junction in east London is changed
immediately, the widow of one of two recent crash victims has said.
Debbie Dorling's husband Brian, 58, was killed on a cycling
superhighway at the Bow Roundabout on 24 October. A lorry driver was
arrested and bailed.
A 34-year-old woman died on the same stretch of the A11 on Friday afternoon.
Transport for London (TfL) said it was investigating the crashes, along with the police.
The road layout, with vehicles turning left across the cycle lane, was "a recipe for disaster", Mrs Dorling said.
"And it is a disaster for us," she added.
The superhighway is one of four which have been created
around London to encourage cycling, with a lane painted blue on the
left-hand side of the road.
'Just so needless'
Mrs Dorling, who lives in Hounslow, west London, said her
husband was an experienced cyclist who would ride about 200 miles
(320km) a week in the summer as he travelled to work.
He was killed after telling a colleague he was about to stop
cycling for the winter because the days were becoming far shorter, she
added.
"I think it's a definite design fault with the superhighway.
Continue reading the main story
Debbie Dorling thought there was "a definite design fault" with the superhighway where her husband died
"I don't know who designed it and how they got away with it, but what they're doing is mixing cyclists with a left-hand turn."
She went on: "It would appear that they've actually chosen speed of traffic over safety.
"When I look at the junction, it was just so needless.
"What possessed them to design it the way they have?"
The lorry driver detained over Mr Dorling's death was bailed until Friday.
Separately, a lorry driver was arrested after Friday's collision and bailed until 7 December.
TfL said there had been "an 18% fall in the number of
cyclists killed or seriously injured on London's roads in the last
decade, compared to TfL's baseline figures from the mid to late-1990s".