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A cyclist was killed in a crash with a lorry today in a rush hour accident at the “nastiest” gyratory in London.

Tafsir Butt, 52, from Battersea, was pronounced dead at the scene after a collision with the tipper truck in Parry Street at the Vauxhall Gyratory in south London just before 7am.

He was the sixth cyclist killed in the capital this year.

Scotland Yard said the lorry driver stopped at the scene and no arrests have been made.

Shams Khan, 24, who works at the Emerald Supermarket in Parry Street said he saw the driver, who worked for a demolition and civil engineering company, looking on as the paramedics tried desperately to save the man.

He added: “It’s such a dangerous road here. The cars go so fast and move in and out of the lanes. I’m surprised there haven’t been more incidents like this.”

Rosemary Constable, 51, who lives in a block of flats overlooking the scene, said: “I heard a great bang. That’s what made me come down. I just saw the police running about.“

The cyclist was on a stretch of the gyratory where four lanes of traffic meet when the accident happened.

Last month the Mayor’s Cycling Commissioner Andrew Gilligan described the Vauxhall gyratory as the “nastiest” in London.

In December cyclists held a “die-in” in Vauxhall in protest at the number of accidents in the area in recent years.

It was organised by direct action campaign group Stop Killing Cyclists, who describe themselves as “a radical peaceful cycling protest movement in London.”

Donnackadh McCarthy, the group's co-founder, today called for urgent road safety improvements to the Vauxhall Cross junction following this morning's tragedy.

He said: "Our hearts go out to the family of yet another cyclist killed on London’s roads. We feel this is complacency by the Mayor. It is a lethal truck epidemic. There is buckets of space for a segregated bypasses [at Vauxhall Cross] and it just needs to be done."

He added: "We accept that many junctions need significant amounts of time [to improve], however you can put bypasses in quickly and cheaply."

Today Leon Daniels, managing director of surface transport at TfL, said plans were ongoing to create a segregated cycle route in the area to curb the number of accidents.

“We are deeply saddened that a cyclist has lost their life after a collision on Parry Street. Our sympathies go out to their family and friends. The safety of all road users is and remains a key priority for us and we will be assisting the Met police with their investigation into this incident.

“We continue to work on major plans to transform the area around Vauxhall for cyclists. These plans will convert the gyratory system to two-way traffic and provide better facilities for all road users, including a 1.4km two-way segregated cycle track running from the Oval, through Vauxhall, and over Vauxhall Bridge to Pimlico,” he said.

The accident caused major delays, with commuters suffering lengthy tailbacks and buses diverted.

Police believe they know the identity of the dead cyclist and are appealing for witnesses to come forward.

Anyone with information should call 101 or speak to Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.