2010-03-16 - Rider Down, Balls Pond rd

Tuesday 16th, last week. A woman was run down by a left turning London Concrete lorry at junction of Newington Green and Balls Pond road. Sometime after 11am. She has a broken hip and foot.
Did anyone see this or the aftermath? Is this a route often used by these concrete lorries?

man, i cut through the back streets to avoid that intersection (well all of balls pond rd). well there has been work on the kingsland shopping centre up the road for the last year or two. so there are trucks in the area.

newington green road becomes essex road. lorries coming from dalston (i.e. from the east) may turn left there, which i guess is what happened. i don't recall ever seeing a lorry from NGR turn left onto balls pond road (although i don't hang out at that corner watching traffic routinely!)

i live just up the road so cycle fairly frequently around there, although i try to avoid that junction as well.

where's the database / googlemap of these incidents????

where's the database / googlemap of these incidents????

The City Beast list of crashes 2000 - 2008 is here http://www.citybeast.com/londoncyclists.html

The lorry was coming from Newington Green turning left into Balls Pond Road

Agh, that junction is a bit nasty.

Get well soon.

The City Beast list of crashes 2000 - 2008 is here http://www.citybeast.com/londoncyclists.html

The lorry was coming from Newington Green turning left into Balls Pond Road

That's not a very common manoeuvre at that junction. It is a very tight turn.

Hip injuries in particular can be very, very nasty. Hope she manages to recover from this!

This is just east of the spot in St Paul's Road where Hülya Türkmen was hit by a lorry in 2004, resulting in the amputation of one of her legs.

I use that junction a lot and there are certainly quite a few lorries, but I haven't noticed any particular increase since the Dalston works started. I mostly only go from King Henry's Walk to Essex Road, though.

It is shocking for me to see this picture.
Is it possible to see it bigger? Is it the only one??
I would like to see more, so I can have a better understanding of how did it happen.
Now it is time to recover...
Thanks,
the injured woman

Kristina, get well soon, great to see youre posting.
J

only just saw this thread, get well soon kristina

Kristina, glad to see you're well enough to be posting so quickly. Get better soon!

Kristina; very glad to see you are able to post on here and best wishes for your recovery.

Get well soon Kristina! Good to see you posting.

Get well soon Kristina.

All the best for a full recovery kristina.

all the above, and heal well

sounds awful, glad to see you posting Kristina, hope you get well soon!

Hi Kristina,
I hope you are recovering well from the horrible crash.
The photo was taken by John Ackers of Islington Cyclists Action Group, part of LCC. There are larger sizes of the photo on his flickr area
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnackers/4459655642/

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Just spotted this thread and so very pleased to see you posting Kristina. Ditto with the best wishes, etc.

Kristina - hope you recover fully and quickly. Dare I say it, you seem to have been very lucky considering what could have happenned....

get well soon Kristina

Recover fully and quickly. Hope you are out on your bike again soon.

Thank you very much, really appreciate you posts.

If there is anyone around who saw the accident, please, get in contact with me.

glad to hear you're well.

hope you get well soon kristina!