Cyclists beware the A3 (From Your Local Guardian)

Cyclists beware the A3

6:20pm Friday 15th February 2008 in

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The A3 is the most dangerous road for cyclists in London, with an average 74 accidents a year, new figures show.

According to statistics released under Freedom of Information laws, the Met Police were alerted to 744 accidents on the road from London Bridge across south-west London between 1996 to 2006.

The A23, which includes Streatham High Road and Purley Way, was the second most dangerous with 623 accidents.

The figures revealed more than 34,000 people were involved in cycling accidents over the 10-year period and 156 were killed.

But the number of people involved in serious accidents has been falling, from 566 in 1997 to 373 in 2006.