Road casualties at their lowest levels outside of the pandemic
TfL has published the 2024 road casualty data showing the provisional number of people killed and seriously injured on London's roads fell from 3710 in 2023 to 3,696.
The report showed that the number of deaths and serious injuries that occurred on London’s roads in 2024 was 3,694, which is a reduction from 3,710 in 2023. However, 110 people died on London roads in 2024, which is an increase from 95 in 2023.
While TfL has highlighted that 110 is still lower than any pre-pandemic year, an increase of 15 deaths in one year left the authority stating that ‘more work needs to be done to prevent death and serious injury on London’s roads'.
TfL said excess speed continued to be one of the largest dangers to road users, with roughly half of the 2024 fatal collisions in London reporting speed as a contributory factor.
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