UK's ‘most dangerous roundabout for cyclists’ set for improvement

Improvement works at The Plain junction, Oxford scheduled to begin in late November

A cyclist in Oxford
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Oxfordshire County Council has said that work will take place at The Plain junction later this month to improve safety for cyclists after an Oxford University scientist was killed in a collision in March.

The Plain junction has been branded as one of the "most dangerous roundabouts for cyclists” in the entire United Kingdom. 

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Tom Thewlis
News and Features Writer

After previously working in higher education, Tom joined Cycling Weekly in 2022 and hasn't looked back. He's been covering professional cycling ever since; reporting on the ground from some of the sport's biggest races and events, including the Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix and the World Championships. His earliest memory of a bike race is watching the Tour on holiday in the early 2000's in the south of France - he even made it on to the podium in Pau afterwards. His favourite place that cycling has taken him is Montréal in Canada.