2011-01-19 - Rider Down/Fatality, Carleton Road/Pleshey Road junction, Holloway

From the Islington Cyclists' Action Group list:

The Islington Gazette has a report today on the death of Colin Hawkes. It says it was at the junction of Carleton Rd and Pleshey Rd which gives the impression that there was a collision at the junction. (Most cyclist deaths occur at junctions.)

http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/holloway_cycle_death_victim_helped_so_many_children_1_784032

At the site the police notice asking for witnesses and the flowers tied to railings are away from the junction in the direction of Brecknock Rd next to a pedestrian island. That gives the impression that the cyclist was hit from behind while cyclist and driver were weaving round parked vehicles and the island.

We still have no hard information about what happened.