Cyclist crashes avoiding pedestrians who were crossing when they shouldn't have been

Jamie Bullen3 March 2016

A cyclist was left lying injured in the street after crashing as he tried to avoid pedestrians who were crossing when the light was red.

The cyclist went flying after slamming on his brakes to dodge a crowd of people crossing at the busy junction near Bank.

Lawyer Mark Rowney, 35, was cycling on his way to work when he filmed the incident on his headcam just before 9am today.

He said the cyclist broke sharply to avoid hitting pedestrians who had stepped out to cross the road despite the 'green man' not being displayed.

He had to be taken to hospital by ambulance.

Mr Rowney said the man was talking as he cycled past.

The incident highlights the dangers that face cyclists at the busy central London junction, Mr Rowney added.

He told the Standard: “He has cycled at speed through the junction which is what you do because you don’t want to hang around but has slammed on his brakes to stop himself from hitting pedestrians.

“I don’t know how he is. He was talking but wasn’t moving.

“I do cycle that route every day and it is dangerous. I have a horn because pedestrians are pretty much half asleep at that time.

“I find they often don’t look at where they are going. In my view the junction should be pedestrianised with zebra crossings and kept free from lorries and vans during the day.”

A London Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “We were called at 8:55am to Poultry, to reports of a collision involving a cyclist and a pedestrian.

"We treated a man at the scene and took him to St Thomas's hospital."

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