The seventh fatal bicycle accident involving right-turning vehicles has prompted the transport minister, Pia Olsen Dyhr (Socialistisk Folkeparti), to take action.
On Saturday afternoon, a 20-year-old female cyclist was struck and killed by a tourist bus making a right-hand turn at the intersection of Store Kongensgade and Dronningens Tværgade in central Copenhagen.
The seven fatalities from right-hand turning vehicles is more than double the number registered in 2012. Due to the increase, Dyhr will convene a meeting to examine how the number of right-hand turn accidents can be minimised.
“All the relevant parties – cyclists, truck drivers, car owners and others – need to sit down and use our entire toolbox to find a solution,” Dyhr told the Ritzau news bureau.
The cycling union, Cyklistforbundet, and the trade organisation for business transport, Dansk Transport og Logistik, welcomed the minister’s initiative.
