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 (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
Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 21. Buried in grave 2 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.
Firefighter. Born Edinburgh where he formed the world's first municipal fire brigade. In 1832 he became the first Superintendent of the London Fire Engine Establishment, the precursor to the London...
David Blakely was a racing driver engaged to one woman and also in a relationship with Ruth Ellis. Ellis shot Blakely dead outside the Magdala pub, in front of witnesses. More information at Motor...
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
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