Transport for LondonRoad safety
Pedestrians accounted for almost half of all deaths. The overall number of people killed and seriously injured in 2007 was 4 per cent lower than in 2006.
Children killed or seriously injured were at their lowest figure ever recorded, with a 16 per cent reduction drop in 2007 from 2006 figures.
Although London has seen a reduction in collisions and casualties since the 1980s, the toll of deaths and injuries is still far too great.
We are committed to improving road safety. The Road Safety Plan for London sets out what must be done to create safer streets for people. This can be achieved through changing street layouts, improving enforcement and implementing education and training campaigns to change road user behaviour.
Targets
Following several years of progress towards many of the national targets, 2006 saw the Mayor announce new road casualty reduction targets for London, to achieve by 2010. The new targets, which supersede previous targets, are:
- 50 per cent reduction for all road users killed or seriously injured
- 60 per cent reduction in the number of children killed or seriously injured
- 50 per cent reduction in pedestrians and cyclists killed or seriously injured
- 40 per cent reduction in the number of users on powered two-wheelers killed or seriously injured (unchanged)
- 25 per cent reduction in the slight casualty rate (per kilometre travelled).
Progress towards these targets is measured against 1994-98 average casualty figures. Additionally, the Greater London Authority has signed up to a European target to support activities and contribute to halving fatalities in the EU by 2010.
