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London Cyclist Deaths: Sixth In 13 Days

London Cyclist Deaths: Sixth In 13 Days

A man in his 60s has become the sixth cyclist to be killed on London's roads in less than two weeks.

Police were called to Camberwell Road in southeast London at around noon after receiving reports of a collision with a lorry.

The man had suffered serious injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene at 12.37pm.

The accident followed a spate of highly-publicised deaths in recent weeks that have prompted calls for London mayor Boris Johnson to address road safety concerns.

The latest death means 14 cyclists have died on London's roads so far this year.

In the whole of 2012, there were 14 cyclists' deaths, while in 2011 a total of 16 cyclists were killed.

The recent spate of deaths began on November 5, when hospital porter Brian Holt, 62, died at the scene of a collision with a tipper lorry on Mile End Road.

Just over two hours later at 6.45pm, architect Francis Golding, 69, was in a crash with a coach in Southampton Row, central London. He died three days later in St Mary's hospital.

On November 12, IT consultant Roger William De Klerk, 43, of Forest Hill, died after a collision with a bus outside East Croydon railway station. He died in St George's Hospital shortly after the incident.

The next day, Russian Verena Minakhmetova, 24, was killed after her bike and a lorry collided on the Bow roundabout in east London.

Later that night, a 21-year-old male cyclist, who is yet to be named, died after a collision with a double-decker bus at the junction of Whitechapel Road and Commercial Road.

Meanwhile, investigations were continuing into how a cyclist in his 50s was killed in a collision on Teesside on Sunday.

No arrests have been made over any of the incidents, but they have prompted calls for a safety summit.

On Monday over 70 lorries were stopped as part of a road safety operation. One hundred cyclists were also stopped and given safety information.

It saw 15 fixed penalty notices totalling £2,300 being issued to lorry drivers for 15 offences, including driving more hours than they are legally permitted to without break and having vehicles that are not fit for the roads.

Cyclists and car drivers were also stopped by officers.