Reducing traffic volumes is emerging as an important factor in delivering Vision Zero. Across the globe, the recent COVID-19 pandemic illustrated how reducing traffic can be linked to reduced road casualties. Much of the background to this comes from research by Todd Litman at the Victoria Transport Policy Institute[1]. His work reveals that exposure, in terms …
AVZ blog – July 2025: Speed enforcement in London:
2024 stats show still not enough where it matters To download this blog as a pdf click here London has recently reported its provisional casualty statistics for 2024[1]. In the last year, road deaths had increased from 95 to 110 whilst those seriously injured fell from 3,615 to 3,586, a decrease of less than 1%. …
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AVZ Briefing – London: Reported road casualties 2024
Jun 2025 To download this briefing as a pdf click here AVZ Briefing – London: Reported road casualties 2024 June 2025 TfL’s Road Danger Reduction Dashboard has been updated with the reported casualty data from 2024, although this is still preliminary until DfT publishes the official stats in September. See the AVZ summary below with …
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AVZ Blog – Independent Sentencing Review’s relevance for motoring offences
5th June 2025 Led by David Gauke, a former Conservative Justice Minister (2018-19), the Independent Sentencing Review has published their final report with 48 recommendations. The first time such a review has been conducted in England and Wales, it was necessitated by the prison crisis. Prisons are full, very expensive (prison place costs over £53 …
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London Vision Zero Enforcement Dashboard—Two Years On
AVZ Blog - 15th April 2025 Transparency is important. Without it, you do not know what is happening and that includes what to criticise or congratulate. And transparency is especially needed with traffic law enforcement as it is often lacking. Whilst the Home Office publishes crime statistics on a monthly basis and at a local …
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AVZ Briefing – Speed Enforcement in London
February 2025 To download this briefing as a pdf click here The tables (Excel file) linked to this briefing can be viewed here Speed enforcement has greatly increased in London in recent years but is it happening on the right roads? AVZ has analysed the statistics on London speeding offences and summarised them in a …
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MOPAC draft police and crime plan-AVZ response
10th February 2025 Key points Road deaths increased in the last year in London whilst levels of enforcement have not. Almost half of speeding offences were cancelled while careless driving and using a mobile phone offences decreased. The Mayor is consulting on his police and crime plan for the next four years. It includes two …
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AVZ Briefing: Road crime reporting in the news
9th Oct 2024 To download this briefing as a pdf click here Key points Police have stated that the public submitted 150,000 videos of unsafe driving in the past year. In the West Midlands, submissions have increased over 50-fold, from 208 in 2017 to over 11,000 in the last 12 months. Some 90% of submissions …
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Reporting road crime–police hear from cycling campaigners
1 Aug 2024 Key points Perspective of cycling campaigners presented to NPCC Road Crime Reporting Working Group. Tim Wall, Pushbikes (Birmingham) and AVZ Roads Policing Campaigners, spoke about the importance of citizen engagement, the unique experience of cyclists and key calls from cycling campaigners as to how to improve the effectiveness of road crime reporting. …
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AVZ Briefing – London reported road casualties (2023)
9th July 2024 To download this briefing as a pdf click here Key points Using the provisional reported Killed and Seriously Injured (KSI) casualty data for London in 2023, this briefing highlights how: Pedestrians and cyclists account for over half of reported KSIs (59%). Cars are involved in almost two-thirds of reported serious injuries (SIs) …
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