Xmas Vigil at Kings Cross Station

From 6pm on Tuesday 20 December 2011 cyclists, pedestrians, and friends and family of recent crash victims will gather outside King's Cross station for a Xmas vigil to remember loved ones and highlight the unacceptable death toll on the capital’s roads. 

The London Cycling Campaign, RoadPeace, London Living Streets, and prominent bloggers (including Mark Ames of the ibikelondon and Danny Williams of Cyclists in the City) are inviting all Londoners to join them beside one of the city's most dangerous junctions where already a cyclist has been kiiled this year.

The event will contrast the high levels of road danger in Greater London with the safety of Dutch cities, with cyclists in London at least twice as likely to be involved in a fatal crash as they are in Holland. Over 100 Londoners are killed every year in collisions on our roads, and a large proportion of these are pedestrians.

Campaigners are calling on the Mayor to reject his policy of putting motor traffic flow above safety.

http://lcc.org.uk/articles/kings-cross-memorial-why-are-london-cyclists-twice-as-likely-to-suffer-fatal-crashes-as-the-dutch