We hope the cyclist makes a full recovery. Why was the van there in the first place? Most commercial vehicles should not be in the park at all. Surely parks should be for sport and recreation only! Let people drive to the park,
Not through it.— Parks for People (@Lungs_of_London) March 24, 2021
There have been more calls to ban through traffic from London's parks after RegentsParkCyclists, shared a photo of the aftermath of the latest crash involving a driver hitting a cyclist in one of the Royal Parks. RegentsParkCyclists, a group for all bike riders who use the park, claims the driver was doing a U-turn when they collided with the cyclist.
One person replied to the tweet saying the cyclist was their son and that he had been taken to St Mary's Hospital with multiple injuries and underwent double surgery last night. The cyclist has no memory of the crash and the father says they are looking for witnesses.
Just last month, the London Cycling Campaign and many others called for through traffic to be banned from Richmond Park after a cyclist was taken to hospital with injuries sustained in crash with a driver whose wrecked car was found off the road nearby. Questions were asked about how the vehicle was so badly damaged when the incident happened in a 20mph zone.
how many times? Keep the vans and trade vehicles out of the parks
— KoKo🇨🇾 (@gevagora) March 25, 2021