London's most dangerous cycling junctions named in UK Parliament

London's most dangerous junctions have been named in Parliament, in a bid to make roads safer for cyclists.

Holborn, King's Cross and Shoreditch were the most dangerous out of 22 that needed "urgent action", the London Cycling Campaign (LCC) found.

Across the junctions, 47 people have been killed in the past 10 years and another 198 seriously injured.

Transport for London (TfL) said plans to improve the junctions were currently in the planning and design stages.

The campaign group has met with TfL and the London mayor about how to further improve the layout.

At the Holborn junction, eight people have been killed cycling between 2008 to 2022.

One victim of the junction was Dr Marta Krawiec, who was killed 2021 in a crash with an HGV.

Three people have died and 15 others have been seriously injured at the King's Cross gyratory during the same period.

At the Shoreditch triangle, by Old Street, Curtain Road and Great Eastern Street, one cyclist has been killed and 27 serious injured.

Other junctions on the list of 22 include Trafalgar Square, Hyde Park Corner, Victoria station, Camberwell Green and the area in front of Clapham Common station.

Simon Munk, campaigns manager of the LCC said: "We're asking for urgent action right now, at three major junction clusters: King's Cross, Shoreditch Triangle and Holborn.

"We're also tracking a much longer list of junctions that are dangerous and known to be for years, decades even, to ensure politicians and officers act to fix them quickly.

"We need local businesses and stakeholders to take an active role in improving their local areas for staff, visitors and residents.

"Please get on board and support the campaigns at our initial three target junctions now."

Dr Ashok Sinha, CEO of the group added: "This is not just a safety issue. Dangerous junctions sever routes for active travel resulting in far fewer people walking or cycling.

"We must fix these junctions not just to save lives, but to also help people be more active by cycling and walking more, reducing air pollution and carbon emissions."

Penny Rees, TfL's head of healthy streets investment, said: "We're determined to make London's roads safer for everyone, which is why we are working with the boroughs to deliver new walking and cycling schemes across the capital.

"Making junctions safer is a vital part of this work and we have already transformed 43 junctions as part of our Safer Junctions programme, with work on two others to start early next year.

"We welcome feedback from the London Cycling Campaign and will work with them and the boroughs on our plans to reduce danger to people cycling, including schemes to make junctions safer at Holborn, Shoreditch Triangle and King's Cross."

TfL added Camden Council had recently held a consultation into the Holborn gyratory area as well as the new segregated space for people cycling built earlier this year. Plans for changes for the King's Cross and Shoreditch Triangle are in the design stage.

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