Reported collision #29

🔎 What we know about this site: The police report describes a person on a bicycle killed in a collision with a car at the junction of Agias Marinas street and Strovolos Avenue; a person on a bike rarely survives being hit at more than about 30 km/h, and no speed limit for this road is recorded in the evidence. The map data records Strovolos Avenue as a one-way primary road with two lanes in a built-up area, no traffic signals or roundabout within 150 m, and one side road meeting it at the mapped point. As of the September 2024 street-level imagery, the avenue is a wide, straight carriageway with no visible cycle lane or marked cycle crossing, cars parked close to the corners, and the side road crossing it with only signs to control priority.

⚡ Safe Speeds: A rider on Agias Marinas must cross a wide, straight two-lane avenue where nothing physical holds traffic near 30 km/h. A raised section of road across the avenue at the junction (raised junction table) brings vehicle speeds at this one conflict point closer to what a body survives, without slowing the whole arterial. This is primary, because it lowers the forces if a crash still happens.

🛣️ Safe Roads & Roadsides: Cars parked up to the corners, as seen in the 2024 imagery, hide riders waiting at the side road from approaching traffic. Kerb build-outs at the corners that remove parking and shorten the crossing distance (junction narrowing) make it more likely each sees the other. This is supporting: it lowers the chance of a crash but not its forces.

❔ What could not be checked: which way the car was moving and whether the rider was crossing or turning; the speed limit and typical speeds on Strovolos Avenue; whether give-way or stop control applies to Agias Marinas on both sides.