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Fatal crashes are cyclists' fault, says Boris

Reported by Independent on Thursday, 24 May 2012 (on May 24, 2012)
Independent
He may be known as the "cycling Mayor" but Boris Johnson has caused outrage by accusing two-thirds of the cyclists killed and seriously injured in London of causing the crashes by breaking the laws of the road. Cycling campaigners criticised the newly re-elected Mayor, saying his comments were "antagonistic and inflammatory" and questioning the veracity of the figures; they cited other numbers that suggest as few as a third of cyclists are at fault when they are killed on the roads.

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