A pedestrian has died after a collision with an e-bike rider in west London, it can be revealed.
The victim was a man in his 60s who is believed to have stepped into the path of the cyclist after walking in front of a bus from the pavement, possibly in an attempt to cross the road.
The collision happened on February 28 at the Shepherd’s Bush market end of Uxbridge Road, near the junction with Loftus Road.
The pedestrian died on April 2 after more than a month in hospital, The Standard has learned.
Lime, which dominates the e-bike rental market in London, and Forest, a rival operator, both told The Standard they did not believe that one of their bikes was involved in the collision.
Separately, it has also emerged that cyclist who was critically injured in collision with a van near Oxford Street last month later died in hospital.
The cyclist, a man in his 20s, was treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken to hospital, but did not survive his injuries, according to Transport for London.
The crash happened just before 11am on Saturday April 12 in New Oxford Street, near the junction with Bloomsbury Street.
Police said at the time that they had arrested the van driver and had taken him into custody on suspicion of causing injuries by careless driving.
The Met police has yet to respond to several requests for updated information.
The pedestrian to die in collision with the e-bike rider was said to live in Ealing.
His name has not been released by the Metropolitan police.
The Met said in a statement to The Standard: “On Friday, 28 February at 13:28hrs, police and the London Ambulance Service responded to reports of a road traffic collision involving a pedestrian and an e-bike.
“A man in his 60s from Ealing was treated at the scene by paramedics and was later taken to hospital. Very sadly, he died in hospital on Wednesday, 2 April.
“This investigation is ongoing. At this stage no arrests have been made. Anyone with information can contact 101 quoting reference 3515/28FEB25.”
According to TfL data, two cyclists and 12 pedestrians have been killed in road collisions in the capital in 2025.
It is rare for pedestrians to be killed in bike crashes but not unprecedented.
According to Government data, 12 pedestrians were killed in collision with a cyclist in Great Britain between 2019 and 2023.
Over the same period, there were 1,967 pedestrian road deaths – of which 1,099 happened in collision with cars.
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There are growing concerns about the dangers posed by e-bikes, which are heavier and faster than conventional pedal bikes, especially those which are “pimped up” with battery-powered motors, enabling them to travel at speeds often in excess of 20mph.
The first Londoner known to have been killed in collision with an e-bike rider was Sakine Cihan, 56, who suffered catastrophic head injuries in a crash in Kingsland High Street, Dalston, in August 2018.
Thomas Hanlon, a bricklayer who was riding an e-bike that had been illegally adapted to travel at high speed, had been travelling at about 30mph in a 20mph zone when the collision occurred.
He was cleared at the Old Bailey in 2020 of causing Ms Cihan’s death by careless driving.
Ms Cihan had tried to cross the road despite the lights being green, jurors were told.
The prosecution had claimed that even though the traffic lights were green, the speed Mr Hanlon was travelling at amounted to driving without due care and attention.
The e-bike was classed as a motorcycle rather than an e-bike because it could travel at more than the legal 15.5mph limit for e-bikes.
The other cyclist to die this year was killed in collision with a left-turning HGV in Stratford High Street in January.
A ghost bike in memory of the cyclist, whose name is not known, was put in place during a subsequent Critical Mass London protest ride. About 500 riders brought the eastbound traffic to a standstill for about 20 minutes.
