Cycle route 'danger' claims
There have been new calls for urgent action to improve one of east London's main cycling routes, following the death of a 20-year-old student last weekend.
Cycle Superhighway 2: Whitechapel Road
20-year-old Boris Bike user Philippine Degerin-Ricard was killed in a collision with a lorry in Whitechapel last weekend.
Now campaigners say the section of the cycle superhighway on Whitechapel Road where she died needs urgent improvement to make it safe.
Whitechapel Road facts:
- 1,100 lorries use the route everyday.
- In all 30,000 vehicles travel on Whitechapel Road everyday.
- 600 cyclists pass through every hour.
These figures are from the London Cycling Campaign.
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