London's most dangerous cycling junctions named in UK Parliament

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Holborn, King's Cross and Shoreditch were the most dangerous out of 22 that needed 'urgent action', the London Cycling Campaign found.

At the Holborn junction, eight people have been killed cycling between 2008 to 2022.Three people have died and 15 others have been seriously injured at the King's Cross gyratory during the same period.

Other junctions on the list of 22 include Trafalgar Square, Hyde Park Corner, Victoria station, Camberwell Green and the area in front of Clapham Common station. "We're also tracking a much longer list of junctions that are dangerous and known to be for years, decades even, to ensure politicians and officers act to fix them quickly.

"We must fix these junctions not just to save lives, but to also help people be more active by cycling and walking more, reducing air pollution and carbon emissions."Penny Rees, TfL's head of healthy streets investment, said: "We're determined to make London's roads safer for everyone, which is why we are working with the boroughs to deliver new walking and cycling schemes across the capital.

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