12th March 2026 So Fail to Stop (FTS) is included in DfT’s Motoring Offence consultation which is currently open. But not as AVZ would want it. The Department for Transport’s (DfT) consultation includes proposing to increase sanctions for the basic FTS offence but is only asking about the need for a new offence for drivers …
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20 Feb 2026 The Department for Transport (DfT’s) new Road Safety Strategy aims to reduce the number of people killed and seriously injured (KSIs) by 65% and child KSIs by 70% by 2035, compared to a 2022-24 baseline. No road user modes are prioritised - at least not in the targets. AVZ has already expressed …
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19th February 2026 To download this briefing as a pdf click here Key points Almost all road safety strategies have Killed and Seriously Injured (KSI) casualty reduction targets, with no priority allocated to road deaths. This includes DfT's new Road Safety Strategy which aims to reduce KSIs in England and Wales by 65% by 2035. …
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12th February 2026 Last month, the Evening Standard reported Almost 630 drivers who caused fatal crashes have avoided jail in past five years. They did not give any breakdown as to which offences had non-custodial sentences nor any information about disqualifications but did highlight how many drivers had not gone to prison. Is it fair …
26 Jan 2026 Download this briefing as a pdf here Key points Cycling trips are up 47% since 2019, yet cycling’s share of total trips has only increased 1.1%, from 3.6% to 4.7% over this same time. 22% of London residents reported cycling in a year, down from 23% in the previous year. One third …
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8th January 2026 Click here to download this briefing as a pdf Summary Department for Transport’s (DfT) new Road Safety Strategy: Aims by 2035 to reduce reported numbers Killed and Seriously Injured (KSIs) by 65% and child KSIs by 70%. Continues to be based on the Safe Systems approach and thus design out danger so …
25th November 2025 To download this briefing as a pdf click here Key findings Compared to 2002, the gender gap in cycling is widening and has worsened in 2024. In 2024, females cycled 34% as often as males and covered 22% the distance; both of these were lower than in 2002 and most of the …
31st October 2025 To download this as a pdf click here Published last week, the report Behind the Headlines: Sentencing after Fatal Crashes was commissioned by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling and Walking (APPGCW) and the All Party Parliamentary Group for Transport Safety. The 85-page report was written by Professor Sally Kyd, the …
29th October 2025 How many? Imagine if for every person reported seriously injured in a collision, there were another three seriously injured, but that these were not reported to and by the police. That is the reality in Britain. Based on Department for Transport’s (DfT) National Travel Survey (NTS) findings, 120,000 people were seriously injured …
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September 2025 To download this briefing as a pdf click here Key points The London Vision Zero Enforcement Dashboard (LVZED) offers up to date information on motoring offence sanctions started by the police. But its usefulness is limited as it: 1. Does not provide data at borough level. 2. Combines the NIPs given for public …
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