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 …
September 2025 Download this blog as a pdf here TfL is busy developing the next London Vision Zero Action Plan (LVZAP2). This will be a joint plan with the Metropolitan Police (Met), as was the first LVZAP. So AVZ has produced a few briefings summarising the progress by the Met and with traffic law enforcement, …
September 2025 Download this update as a pdf here Key points Few drivers are banned in London for speeding, careless driving or using a mobile phone. Of those convicted at court in London (2024), less than: 2% speeding convictions resulted in a ban 5% careless driving convictions led to a ban 2% mobile phone offences …
Septmeber 2025 Download this briefing as a pdf here Key findings (Jan-Jun 2025) 20 mph speed limit offences rose to 204,000 for the first half of 2025. This suggests a total of over 400k for 2025, so up 25% from 2024 and over 10 times that in 2018, when the first London Vision Zero Action …
September 2025 Download this briefing as a pdf here Key points London through TfL and the GLA has led the country on reducing road danger in Britain, e.g. 20mph limits, Direct Vision Standards with lorries, and speed limiters in buses and TfL’s fleet. But to be complete, the picture should include work by the police …
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