Cyclist collision on Dundas EAst of Maitland In London Ontario

by | Sep 19, 2026 | News

This photo was taken by Gorski Consulting on September 18th, 2026 at the site of a serious cyclist collision. This view is looking eastbound along the cycling track of Dundas Street just east of Maitland Street in London. Neither police nor news media would make their photos available for the production of this article so the rest positions of the involved vehicles have been recreated for the public’s benefit.

Another serious cyclist collision occurred in London, Ontario at approximately 1600 hours on September 17, 2026. No information has been released about how the collision occurred and this is typical of what has been occurring in London for many years whenever a cyclist is seriously injured or killed.

What little information has been released indicates that an adult male cyclist sustained “critical” injuries. Although a single photo was produced on the local CTV News website nothing was written about what was visible in the photo except that it showed the “crash seen”. Looking closely at the photo one could see a cycle lying on its side in the area shown in the recreated photo above. It also showed a stake truck that was stopped in the eastbound lane of Dundas Street perhaps 20 metres past the rest position of the cycle. There are some obvious concerns about this scenario.

The site contained a “protected” cycling lane. Typically a cyclist would be expected to ride within that protected cycling lane. So if the cyclist was in the lane how could he be struck by the eastbound stake truck? One might consider that perhaps the stake truck somehow rode over the barrier and struck the cyclist. But that does not appear to be the case. I attended the collision site and looked closely at the various concrete blocks and the vertical, green delineators and there was no evidence that the truck entered the cycling lane.

This re-creation of the rest position of the cycle is slightly too far east. The cycle in the news media photo was perhaps a metre or 2 back west and closer to the end to the green zone. No markings were found within the cycling lane to indicate that the impact occurred there.

There was a single faint tire mark visible on one of the concrete blocks which was closest to the intersection with Maitland Street and this area is shown in the two photos below.

A tire mark is visible at the west end of the concrete block near the intersection with Maitland Street.
This is a closer view of the tire mark on the concrete block of the protected cycling track.

It is unknown whether this evidence is related the collision but it is the only evidence of contact to the concrete blocks throughout the nearby area.

The remnants of a large blood stain was visible in the cycling lane just east of the cycle. This is shown below.

View showing position of a large blood stain the cycling track east of the cycle rest position.

The existence of such large areas of blood does not typically identify the location where a person was struck. Instead it typically identifies where the person came to rest. Examination of the eastbound lane designated for motor vehicle travel did not reveal any evidence to determine where the cyclist was struck and this is not unusual. A close examination of the striking stake truck and the damage to the cycle would need to be performed to provide further information about how the collision occurred. Information about the specific injuries sustained by the cyclist would also help to identify how the collision occurred.

Given these circumstances it would be important for police to provide an explanation as to how and why this collision occurred within the area where a protected cycling track was present. Such explanations have not been given by police in the past. This results in the occurrence of future collisions as both cyclists and drivers of motor vehicles are left in the dark.