Cyclist dies after Ludgate Circus collision last Friday - police appeal for witnesses

The female rider involved in a collision with a tipper truck at Ludgate Circus on Friday October 17 has died of her injuries.

A City of London Police spokesman said that the 26-year-old woman had been attended by London’s Air Ambulance and London Ambulance Service after the collision, which officers were called to at approximately 11:30 on Friday morning.

This morning she died at Royal London Hospital with her family at her bedside. Her name has not yet been released and the family have asked for privacy at this time.

The driver of the lorry stopped at the scene. He has not been arrested.

This fatality brings the 2014 cyclist death toll in Greater London to 11, though one involved no other vehicles. She is the first female cyclist to die on the streets of the capital since Venera Minakhmetova, who was killed by a lorry at Bow Roundabout on November 13 2013.

On April 4 Victor Manuel Ben Rodriguez was killed at Ludgate Circus when he as hit by a left-turning truck. The junction is is earmarked for improvement as part of the north-south 'Cycle Superhighway' currently under consultation at Transport for London.

Cycling campaigners have pointed out that the planned segregation of cycling and motor vehicle use at this junction would make collisions such as these virtually impossible,

Detectives from City of London Police are investigating and are appealing for witnesses to contact them on 0207 601 2222.

[An earlier version of this story erroneously gave the 2014 death toll to date as 10.]