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 …
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 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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AVZ Blog (October 2022) Reducing Road Danger in London – Monthly Campaigners Meetings
If you are interested in reducing road danger and live or work in London, Action Vision Zero are planning to hold regular monthly meetings for London campaigners beginning with a first (online) meeting at 6pm on Monday, 24 October. The aim of the group meeting is to have an opportunity to raise issues around road danger …
AVZ Blog (August 2022) Motoring offences –what happened at court in 2021: England and Wales
Download this blog as a pdf here Key points At court in 2021 (England and Wales), Motoring offences—both prosecutions and convictions - rose by 22% in 2021, faster than other types of crime.Speed limit court prosecutions rose by 24% to 208,493. They account for the largest share of motoring offences prosecuted at court - despite …
AVZ Blog (August 2022) Roads Policing officer numbers, England and Wales
To download this blog click here The tables and chart linked to this blog appear in the spreadsheet below Key points (2021/22) The numbers of Roads Policing officers increased to 4,102, up by 11 officers (0.3%).Half of police services reported an increase.As a share of total police numbers, roads policing fell slightly to 3%. Total …
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AVZ Blog (August 2022) Motoring offence sentencing consultation: Careless driving and custody
To download this blog as a pdf click here Key points Sentencing guidelines for motoring offences are being consulted upon – for the first time in 15 years.In general, the Sentencing Council is proposing higher starting points and sentencing ranges with more use of custodial sentences.With Causing death and serious injury by careless driving, all …
AVZ Blog (June 2022) Drug driving, rehabilitation and driving bans
To download this blog as a pdf click here Should drug drivers be rehabilitated? This is the question that the Department for Transport (DfT) is asking. Their consultation “Protecting the public from repeat drug-driving offenders: call for evidence” seeks views on the use of rehabilitation schemes for high risk drug drive offenders. Action Vision …
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