The mother of a cyclist killed on his ride to work has written an impassioned appeal calling for improvements in road safety.

On July 10 at 5.10am Neil Turner, 31, from Sevenoaks, was killed in a crash In Mitcham Road, Thornton Heath.

The Tube driver, who was cycling to Morden Underground Station, suffered head injuries and died at the scene.

A ghost bike has been placed at the scene of the crash and a memorial service was held by family members and Croydon Cyclists Club.

His mother, Beryl Turner, has written to Croydon Council’s chief executive, Jon Rouse, council leader Mike Fisher and Greater London Assembly member Steve O’Connell calling for greater safety measures on Croydon’s roads.

She said: “The cyclists of Croydon have been wanting something done with this road for many years. Myself and my husband and son and his partner have been there to look and as the cyclists say it is a death trap. Please will you take a look at Mitcham Road.

“You get the pavement, then parked cars then a bit of a so-called bike lane with no thick white line on it at all. The bikes could be knocked over by the parked cars if they open their doors to get out or the bikes have to go in the car lane. All the bikes are at risk along there.

“They are doing as Boris is asking, cycling for London at their own peril. It is so dangerous for them all.”

She has also written to the Mayor of London Boris Johnson asking for a memorial bench for her garden.

Miss Turner said: “I don’t want any more mothers and fathers and family to go through what we are going through right now. He was on his way to work to do what he loved to do, drive his train.

“His work friends are devastated and everyone who knew him, as he was such a nice person to know.”