30th March 2026 Key points The Sentencing Act 2026 requires a rethink of how serious motoring offences are sanctioned. As of this week, the Sentencing Act 2026 has introduced a presumption against the use of short custodial sentences (12 months and under). This affects 77% of the custodial sentences given for motoring offences - mainly …
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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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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
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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