Road safety charity RoadPeace is holding a vigil in London tomorrow evening, Tuesday 5 February, to commemorate cyclists and pedestrians who have been killed by lorries. The vigil takes place on the fourth anniversary of Eilidh Cairns’ death. It will begin at 6.30pm at the junction of London Wall and Copthall Avenue in the City of London, where another cyclist, Alex Barlow, daughter of RoadPeace chair Cynthia Barlow, was killed by a lorry in 2000.

Tomorrow also marks the first anniversary of RoadPeace launching the See Me Save Me website, which builds on the campaign begun by Eilidh’s family after her death in Notting Hill, West London, in February 2009. The charity now co-ordinates the campaign on behalf of the Cairns family.

According to the London Cycling campaign, lorries account for some 5 per cent of London's traffic but are responsible for 50 per cent of cyclist fatalities in the city. The organisation is currently urging Londoners to write to their local councils to ensure they meet the requirements of its Safer Lorries, Safer Cycling Pledge.

Last week, we highlighted a report commissioned by Transport for London from the Transport Research Laboratory which found that despite widespread media coverage of road traffic incidents resulting in cyclists being killed or seriously injured in collisions with construction vehicles, operators still have very little awareness of the dangers they pose to bike riders.

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