Govt To Fund Road Safety Campaign, Cyclists Widow Tells LBC

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Tuesday 7th February 2012

The widow of a man who was knocked off his bike and killed in East London says Ministers have agreed to fund national research into road safety.

Debbie Dorling's husband Brian was killed on a cycle superhighway at the Bow Roundabout in October. A 34-year-old woman died on the same stretch of the A11 a few weeks later.

Mrs Dorling met with Roads minister Mike Penning yesterday and has told Nick Ferrari At Breakfast that it was productive.

She said: “It was a good meeting actually and Mike Penning has agreed to put funding into research into the nationwide problem of road safety and he’s asked my daughter and my help in the research, which we will do. He’s told me I can phone, email or visit him any time I want to to talk issues through.

“They came across as very genuine and don’t want any more deaths on the roads.  From the point of view of the London scenario, particularly with the construction HGVs, the issues need to be addressed throughout the whole country.”

City Hall has begun a consultation on how to improve cyclist safety at the Bow Roundabout.

Conservative MP for Hemel Hempstead and Roads Safety Minister Mike Penning has told us he wants to extend that nationally.

He said: “We want to make sure that the terrible situation you’ve heard from Debbie and from The Times don’t happen again. It’s not just about cyclists, it’s about motorists as well.

“In London, we’re going to work with the Mayor’s office to find out why so many deaths, such as Brian’s death, was caused by a tipper truck.”