road transport in London. RAY WARD
Transport for London (TfL) has published its annual casualty statistics which show the number of people killed or seriously injured on London’s roads fell to 3,696 in 2024, the lowest level on record outside of the pandemic-affected years. The figures show that cars continued to be involved in most collisions that killed or seriously injured someone else in 2024, and excess speed remained one of the biggest risks to road users.
Buses are shown to be the safest way to travel on the roads, and carry more people than any other public transport mode, although in 2024, 13 people were killed in collisions involving a bus, of which two were on board and 11 were outside the bus. TfL says it remains determined to eliminate deaths involving a bus and work already underway includes rolling out a new design of the front end of buses to reduce the impact of a collision, bringing new technology such as Intelligent Speed Assistance to more buses, trials of innovations to reduce customer injuries on the bus, and plans for further safety improvements this year at its bus stations.
Deputy Mayor for Transport, Seb Dance, said: “These figures show encouraging signs that our efforts to reduce road danger in London are making a difference, but every death or serious injury is one too many and we know there is much more work to do.
