Our streets are becoming ever more crowded
there's greater numbers of lorries,
vans, cars and bikes
all vying to use the same space.
And this ever-decreasing space has led to increasing conflict
and we've all seen it on our roads.
There's misunderstanding,
entitlement,
anger,
this leads to conflict.
it's the miscommunication
that often baffles cyclists.
How could the driver not have seen me?
I was hit by a car once,
it was completely his fault.
Cyclists don't obey the rules of the road.
They just do what they want.
When I drive I follow the guideline
I follow the traffic rules,
which they should abide by too.
I think motorists are very impatient.
We hear these stories everyday wherever you are in the world
and it's the most vulnerable road users
the cyclists who are most affected.
1 in 12 road deaths in the EU is a cyclist
and cyclists' safety has stagnated
and is not improving.
However these aren't just statistics
these are real people
real lives
the consequences of this are truly devastating.
So, my name is Victoria Lebrec
and I'm now 27 years old.
I would describe myself as very normal
a girl who used to go out a lot
was quite active
did a lot of sports
I would cycle everywhere
go to the gym ...
... skied.
I think cycling is a really great way to get to work.
You avoid getting on the tube
which is really hectic.
You get your half hour of exercise in;
twice a day.
So yeah, I loved cycling,
I thought it was the best way to get around.
So the day that the collision happened
was just a normal Monday morning.
I was cycling from down Clerkenwell Road
from Old Street
and I was aiming to go down there
to where my office was
my office is just about 300-400 meters from here.
I do this ...
well I did this commute every single day.
I was in the cycle lane here next to the lorry.
As I was going over
I saw wheels turning
and what I have seen of the footage and everything since then
I veered round here
and then the front wheels knocked me off my bike
and then the back wheels of the lorry ran over my pelvis.
If it wasn't for London's air ambulance
I would definitely be dead,
they did this procedure on the roadside
to stop all of the internal bleeding.
They put me in a coma at the roadside
and then I think I was under for about ten days after that.
Unfortunately at hospital later on
they had to amputate my leg
partly because of the injuries
but also because of the loss of blood going to that limb.
When a car driver has been involved in an accident
with a cyclist
they feel very guilty about hurting, injuring,
... damaging another human being.
Obviously the roads are very busy
there are a lot of road users
and accidents happen.
A lot of times accidents are genuine accidents.
It's just a problem with the human information processing system,
two people collide.
The consequences of road crashes are far and wide
and it's not just those people who have been impacted in the crash themselves.
Sometimes it could just be a driver who was driving by
and through no fault of their own
has been involved in crash
and this can affect their lives for months and years to come.
People who come to see me
typically are struggling with symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder.
Commonly following road traffic accidents.
Many years ago now I worked with a lorry driver,
a big articulated lorry.
He'd been involved in an accident
where the driver of a car had been killed.
Now, this was such an intense experience
that the driver, the lorry driver,
had no memory of the accident itself.
He blamed himself, he felt tremendously guilty.
It's time we put an end to preventable tragedies
happening on our roads across Europe every single day.
We need to end the cycle of death
and serious injury
and keep all our road users safe.
What we want, is awareness,
some mindfulness
and empathy for other road users
but we definitely don't want fear.
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