The mother of tragic cyclist Daniel Squire will share how it feels to lose a son in a road traffic accident at a special service today.

Tracy Squire, of Reach Close, St Margaret’s, has been invited by RoadPeace – the national charity for road crash victims – to speak at a memorial service for people who have died on the road.

It will be at St James’s Church in Piccadilly, London, today.

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The day has been declared World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.

It focuses on both the overall scale and the individual devastation caused by road deaths and injuries and the impact upon families and communities.

RoadPeace says almost 4,000 people are killed and many hundreds of thousands injured on roads throughout the world every day. The service in London is one of more than 20 taking place around the country.

Mrs Squire told our sister paper the Mercury: “When they asked me to speak I felt honoured. I thought of all the people they could have asked, they’ve asked me to share my story. But it will be mixed feelings as I’ll only be there because I’ve lost a son.”

Daniel was 18 when his bike was struck from behind by a van near Ringwould on the Dover to Deal road in 2013.

He was airlifted to a London hospital but died the next day of his injuries.

In her speech, Mrs Squire says: “On September 7, 2013, our lives as a family changed forever. At that moment our lives would never be the same again.

“Everyone in this church will remember that moment – that split second when you know nothing will ever be the same again.

“You feel your body is having an out-of-body experience and think, this can not be happening to us. That is not my son lying there, fighting for his life. I only spoke to him 10 hours ago, kissed him goodbye, walked out the door. His words to me were mum, you look lovely, love you.

How can this be happening?

“This is a nightmare that I’m going to wake up from and you never do.”

Philip Sinden, who was driving a Vauxhall Vivaro that collided with Daniel’s bike, was cleared of causing death by dangerous driving and the lesser charge of causing death by careless driving in March 2015.

The trial focused on whether he was on his phone at the time of impact and he admitted texting in the minutes before he struck Daniel.

Mrs Squire now campaigns against the use of mobile phones at the wheel – something she feels Daniel has directed her to do.

She and Daniel’s father, Symon, also bravely took the decision to donate their son’s organs, giving at least four people the chance of an improved quality of life.

Mrs Squire’s daughter, Hayley, will accompany her today.